Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Mitch Adair <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] update filesystems config. menu | Date | Sat, 15 Mar 2003 02:19:40 -0600 (CST) |
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> +config EXT2_FS > + tristate "Second extended fs support"
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> + module will be called ext2. Be aware however that the file system > + of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot > + be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous. Most > + everyone wants to say Y here. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I seem to recall if you say Y to ext2 and Y to ext3 and your root is on ext3 then it's likely to be mounted as ext2 unless you set rootfstype=... The ext3 help comment also warns you should set it to Y, so people with root ext3 are likely to get a surprise if they follow both help. Would it be better to say something like "if your root partition is extX you almost certainly want to say Y here"? Or warn about the rootfstype issue maybe?
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