I have just one thing to say.....

empeg:/# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda4 /test
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
empeg:/# cat /proc/mounts
/dev/root / ext2 ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /scratch ext2 rw,sync 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/hda4 /test ext3 rw 0 0
empeg:/# echo "fsck sucks ;-)" > /test/testfile

It works! I don't know how stable it is going to be since it is still really out of date. I couldn't get the kernel upgraded past 2.2.17 w/ ext3 0.03b, but that was far enough to get it working. I am going to be out of town for the weekend, but when I get back I will try to put together instructions and a kernel patch. At that point I am going to need Mark Lord's help with faking out the player software to mount it properly. I am going to go have a celebratory beer now.

Yeah,
-Mike