From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265264AbUE0VJX (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 May 2004 17:09:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265274AbUE0VJW (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 May 2004 17:09:22 -0400 Received: from host171.155.212.251.conversent.net ([155.212.251.171]:40965 "EHLO actuality-systems.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265264AbUE0VJU (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 May 2004 17:09:20 -0400 Subject: Re: Can't make XFS work with 2.6.6 From: David Aubin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200405271925.24650.dj@david-web.co.uk> References: <200405271736.08288.dj@david-web.co.uk> <200405271854.20787.dj@david-web.co.uk> <1085680806.5311.44.camel@buffy> <200405271925.24650.dj@david-web.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1085692088.5311.63.camel@buffy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 17:08:08 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 May 2004 21:07:50.0703 (UTC) FILETIME=[AB575BF0:01C4442E] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Dave, I think the problem is this: hd0,0 is /dev/hda1. Your kernel is in /dev/hda3. You want to have hd0,2, not hd0,0. As for the output you see. You must have a kernel at /dev/hda1 that does not support XFS and hence the unknown fs error. Please fix your grub entry and you should have fun. Dave On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 14:25, David Johnson wrote: > On Thursday 27 May 2004 19:00, David Aubin wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > > > Please include the latest copy of your .config. > > Attached. > > > Also the boot loader parameter as well. > > >From Grub's menu.lst: > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.6 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.6 lapic video=rivafb:mode:1024x768x16 root=/dev/hda3 ro > initrd /initrd.img-2.6.6 > savedefault > boot > > > And possibly > > the validation that the root partition is of type XFS? > > Here's the mount output from the system running a 2.4 kernel: > > lug:/tmp# mount > /dev/hda3 on / type xfs (rw) > proc on /proc type proc (rw) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) > /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hda2 on /home type xfs (rw) > /dev/sda2 on /var type xfs (rw) > usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) > > > At a glance it appears that XFS is not compilied in to > > your kernel now, if that is your root mount file type. > > XFS is compiled in. I really don't know what else to try... > > Thanks, > David.