On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 10:07:45PM -0600, Yaron wrote: > Ok, this is weird. I thought ext3 and ex2 were interchangable, so all > you'd need to do to swich was compile a kernel with ext3 support, and then > mount an ext2 partition as ext3. All the docs I read seem to indicate > that. I think that ext3 is backwards compatible -- i.e., you can mount ext3 as ext2, but *not* the other way around without a juggle. I think for it to be recognized as ext3, it really has to have the journal files there. I've only been playing with them a little, but that's my current understanding. Let me know if you find otherwise. Phil -- "Trying to do something with your life is like sitting down to eat a moose." --Douglas Wood