From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:40:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.168.29]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m8PNe1ls002707 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:40:01 -0700 Received: from ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 6F0804853E0 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.57]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id OpNWT5LEgsV3kmWp for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:41:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:41:30 +1000 From: Dave Chinner Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc7 no init found on the root partition? Message-ID: <20080925234130.GD27997@disturbed> References: <20080924192227.GC31582@ics.muni.cz> <20080924230326.GM5448@disturbed> <20080925111239.GF31582@ics.muni.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080925111239.GF31582@ics.muni.cz> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Lukas Hejtmanek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 01:12:40PM +0200, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 09:03:26AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 09:22:27PM +0200, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a box that has XFS root partition, I have kernel > > > 2.6.26.3 that boots pretty well on that box. Today, I've tried > > > 2.6.27-rc7 (so that I can test NFSv4 over IPv6), but the > > > kernel is unable to boot. It says that root partition is > > > mounted, XFS file system but no init found. > > > > Can you paste the error messages or send pointers to screen > > shots of the error? > > http://undomiel.ics.muni.cz/tmp/IMG_2962.JPG Hmmm - the filesystem mounted without errors, but init was not found. Strange. > this one is if I pass init=/bin/bash > http://undomiel.ics.muni.cz/tmp/IMG_2961.JPG Same again, it's unable to run the init process. Of course, kernel_execve() throws away any error that might have occurred, so without hacking the init code we can't find out why it failed. > > If you go back to 2.6.26.3, does the kernel boot ok? > > indeed. Ok, is the 2.6.27 kernel based on the same config as the 2.6.26 kernel? > this is a grub record: > > title Linux 2.6.26.3 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26.3 > root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0 > > title Linux 2.6.27-rc7 root (hd0,0) kernel > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-rc7 root=/dev/sda1 ro Does it boot if you take away the "ro" option? Cheers, Dave. > > > -- Lukáš Hejtmánek > > > -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com