On 08/07/2010 10:55 AM, James Bensley wrote: > On 7 August 2010 17:41, Laurent Wandrebeck<l.wandrebeck at gmail.com> wrote: > > >> so a mount -t ext4 should work, as kernel-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 provides /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5/kernel/fs/ext4/ext4.ko. >> > This is probably going ot provide the answer (to you atleast, its not > so clear to me); > > `uname -r` tells me I'm on kernel 2.6.18-92.el5. > > Within /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5/kernel/fs/ thers is no ext4, but I > have do have a /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 folder and in there is > kernel/fs/ext4/ext4.ko so a newer kernel is preset with the required > module but its not active, or something? I'm going to say I need to > recompile my kernel and include the module since its present on my box > or work out why the newer kernel files are present but not in use? > > You are *WAY* behind on your running kernel. Check /boot/grub/grub.cfg and, assuming you have the more recent kernels installed, change it to default to the current kernel and reboot. Alternatively, if you don't want to edit grub.cfg just yet, reboot and *choose* the most current kernel from the grub boot menu to test it. I use ext4 all the time and don't have any problems with it. -- Benjamin Franz