diff -Naur orig/fs/ext3/super.c edited/fs/ext3/super.c
--- orig/fs/ext3/super.c	2004-06-16 07:20:03.000000000 +0200
+++ edited/fs/ext3/super.c	2004-06-20 00:29:19.675383104 +0200
@@ -1209,6 +1209,7 @@
 	unsigned long offset = 0;
 	unsigned long journal_inum = 0;
 	unsigned long def_mount_opts;
+	unsigned long max_per_group;
 	struct inode *root;
 	int blocksize;
 	int hblock;
@@ -1397,26 +1398,31 @@
 	sbi->s_mount_state = le16_to_cpu(es->s_state);
 	sbi->s_addr_per_block_bits = log2(EXT3_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(sb));
 	sbi->s_desc_per_block_bits = log2(EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb));
-	for (i=0; i < 4; i++)
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
 		sbi->s_hash_seed[i] = le32_to_cpu(es->s_hash_seed[i]);
 	sbi->s_def_hash_version = es->s_def_hash_version;
+	max_per_group = blocksize * 8;
 
-	if (sbi->s_blocks_per_group > blocksize * 8) {
+	if (sbi->s_blocks_per_group > max_per_group) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR
-			"EXT3-fs: #blocks per group too big: %lu\n",
-			sbi->s_blocks_per_group);
+			"EXT3-fs: #blocks per group too big: %lu"
+			" (maximum : %lu)\n",
+			sbi->s_blocks_per_group, max_per_group);
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
-	if (sbi->s_frags_per_group > blocksize * 8) {
+	if (sbi->s_frags_per_group > max_per_group) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR
-			"EXT3-fs: #fragments per group too big: %lu\n",
-			sbi->s_frags_per_group);
+			"EXT3-fs: #fragments per group too big: %lu"
+			" (maximum : %lu)\n",
+			sbi->s_frags_per_group, max_per_group);
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
-	if (sbi->s_inodes_per_group > blocksize * 8) {
+	if (sbi->s_inodes_per_group > max_per_group) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR
-			"EXT3-fs: #inodes per group too big: %lu\n",
-			sbi->s_inodes_per_group);
+			"EXT3-fs: #inodes per group too big: %lu"
+			" (maximum : %lu)\n",
+			sbi->s_inodes_per_group, max_per_group);
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 
@@ -1491,9 +1497,11 @@
 		if (ext3_create_journal(sb, es, journal_inum))
 			goto failed_mount2;
 	} else {
+		/* ext3 won't run without journal */
 		if (!silent)
 			printk (KERN_ERR
-				"ext3: No journal on filesystem on %s\n",
+				"EXT3-fs: No journal in filesystem on %s"
+				" : a ^has_journal ext3 or ext2 partition\n",
 				sb->s_id);
 		goto failed_mount2;
 	}