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On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Sheldon wrote:
> > Folks, I tried searching the archives, but was unable
> > to find out whether BL 3.5 can write to ext3 partitions.
>
> No, the default kernel does not do ext3.  It is
> a small footprint kernel, optimized for old PCs.
>
> You are welcome to use a bigger, newer, more capable
> kernel with BL3.  I think Sindi has some experience
> with this.

To compile a kernel just like the BL3 one that also does EXT3 I think you 
could copy over the .config file that Steven has posted and change
CONFIG_EXT3_FS is not set
to
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y

Or try a standard bare.i kernel from Slackware.

Apparently the 'big' BL3 kernel does not do ext3 either.

I am set up to compile for kernel 2.4.31.  I deleted source code for 
2.2.16.   If you get the 2.2.26 kernel source code I could try to walk you 
through it (like David Moberg did for me for a couple of years).  Or maybe 
Steven would be willing to make that one change to his 'big' kernel or 
regular kernel (standard P1, P2?).  The source code goes into
/usr/src/linux-2.2.26 with a symlink to linux  and there is also a symlink 
pointing /lib/modules/2.2.26/build to /usr/src/linux-2.2.26

You will need a few other packages to compile with.  See instructions at 
the BL3 website.

> > Somewhere I read that ext3 is better than ext2,
>
> It depends on what you are using your computer for.
> For old, single-user PCs, ext2 works just fine.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
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