data=writeback option on root partition - RH 8.0

["Bruce S. Garlock" <bruceg@garlockprinting.com>]

Well, I had the first use of the recovery mode on the RH 8.0 install CD 
today on a dev system.  I changed the mount option for the root 
partition to data=writeback to see what all the claimed speed increases 
are about, and the system failed to mount the partition r/w, so the 
resulting boot failed.

After search usenet, it seems other RH folks have had this problem, 
possibly because it is built as a module, and not into the kernel.  Do I 
have to recompile the kernel to get the root partition to mount in 
writeback journal mode, or is there a way to keep ext3 as a module, and 
enable writeback mode?  Other partitions mount fine in writeback mode on 
this machine.

TIA-

Bruce



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