I wouldn't try that. But that's just me. Why not just install the 2.2.20 kernel patch and then do the tune2fs? That's what I did to my 2.2.19 RTLinux kernel. ----- Original Message ----- From: <admin@cideweb.com> To: <ext3-users@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:38 AM Subject: ext3 with 2.4.18, back to 2.2.20 ? > I installed a 2.4.18 kernel, with ext3 support and make a > tune2fs -j /dev/sdxxx > with all partitions, now I want to run a 2.2.20 kernel, I want to know if I > can use the patch for 2.2.20 series (0.0.7a) without problems with my new > ext3 partitions, or I must mount it as ext2 from 2.2.20, thanks.