Hi, On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:33:05PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > I am in a situation where I absolutely need to run a redhat 2.4.2-2 kernel > because of other hardware/system requirements depending solely on 2.4.2-2. > > Am I completely out of luck for ext3 with 2.4.2-2? Not completely, the source is available so you could probably back-port it yourself. > I ultimately need the system to be as stable as > 2.4.2 will allow. Stability being a wishful requirement; is ext2 my best > bet with 2.4.2-2? Probably. > All this said the underlying storage hardware being used is 7 raid0 arrays > of 680GB each. endless fsck'in fun.. is there any hope for ext3 under > 2.4.2? Yes, but as above, you'll probably need to do the work yourself. Cheers, Stephen