[WBEL-users] kernel 2.6 and ext3 improvements

Ed ekg@tricity.wsu.edu
Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:26:26 -0700


Roger D. Vargas wrote:
> I installed Fedora Core 2 with kernel 2.6. I copied all my home folders
> to a new ext3 partition. I read that kernel 2.6 implements some changes
> to ext3. The question is, if i install Whitebox now, kernel 2.4 will be
> able to read the partition?
> 

Ext2 is generally backwards compatible.  You should be able to read your 
partitions.