diff --git a/appendices/acronymlist.xml b/appendices/acronymlist.xml
index 24f52e980..4b5eb808d 100644
--- a/appendices/acronymlist.xml
+++ b/appendices/acronymlist.xml
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term><emphasis role="bold">ext3</emphasis></term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>third extended file system</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     <varlistentry>
       <term><emphasis role="bold">FAQ</emphasis></term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index a48c61dd9..283b29f2b 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>May 7, 2006</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Use ext3 filesystem instead of ext2.
+	  Resolves ticket #1792.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>May 6, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
index d9587d20f..14b9b72e7 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
@@ -14,14 +14,17 @@
   The most widely-used system in the Linux world is the second extended file
   system (<systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>), but with newer
   high-capacity hard disks, journaling file systems are becoming increasingly
-  popular. We will create an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
+  popular. The third extended filesystem (<systemitem class="filesystem">ext3
+  </systemitem>) is a widely-used development of <systemitem class="filesystem">
+  ext2</systemitem> which adds a journal and is compatible with the E2fsprogs
+  utilities. We will create an <systemitem class="filesystem">  ext3</systemitem>
   file system. Build instructions for other file systems can be found at
   <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.</para>
 
-  <para>To create an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file
+  <para>To create an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> file
   system on the LFS partition, run the following:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs -v /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs -jv /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> with the name of the LFS
   partition (<filename class="devicefile">hda5</filename> in our previous
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ mkdir -v build
 cd build
 ../configure
 make #note that we intentionally don't 'make install' here!
-./misc/mke2fs -v /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable>
+./misc/mke2fs -jv /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable>
 cd /tmp
 rm -rfv e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
   </note>
diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml
index 144a9be25..f5e1ba626 100644
--- a/chapter08/fstab.xml
+++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
   with the values appropriate for the system, for example, <filename
   class="partition">hda2</filename>, <filename
   class="partition">hda5</filename>, and <systemitem
-  class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>. For details on the six
+  class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>. For details on the six
   fields in this file, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para>
 
   <para>The <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 3ec4818c2..b8fa6c31e 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060506">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "May 6, 2006">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060507">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "May 7, 2006">
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.2">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->