From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267319AbUIAQbQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:31:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267671AbUIAQay (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:30:54 -0400 Received: from psems1.agilysys.com ([199.33.129.48]:12049 "HELO psems1.pios.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267662AbUIAQ1h (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:27:37 -0400 Subject: Re: Kernel or Grub bug. From: "Wise, Jeremey" To: "David B. Stevens" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200409011135.36537.dsteven3@maine.rr.com> References: <1094008341.4704.32.camel@wizej.agilysys.com> <200408312358.08153.dsteven3@maine.rr.com> <1094041227.4635.7.camel@wizej.agilysys.com> <200409011135.36537.dsteven3@maine.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:26:25 -0400 Message-Id: <1094055985.4635.44.camel@wizej.agilysys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.93 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 11:35 -0400, David B. Stevens wrote: > Jeremey, > > Your default kernel (the 104 SuSE one) has EXT2 specified as included in the > kernel. The kernel you are trying to install has Reiser included in the > kernel. My system is all reiserfs though the Fedora core box I also did testing on was EXT3. wizej:/home/wisej/packages # mount /dev/hda3 on / type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) proc on /proc type proc (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/hda1 on /boot type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/hdc on /media/cdrecorder type subfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,fs=cdfss, procuid,iocharset=utf8) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) > > Here is my bet on your problem, the root device is an EXT2 partition and since > the EXT2 routines are not loaded the kernel goes belly up. > > Please change CONFIG_EXT2_FS=m to CONFIG_EXT2_FS=Y via the kernel config > system and re build the 2.6.8.1 kernel. > > Also check your /etc/fstab here is mine: > Here is mine in return:>) /dev/hda3 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda1 /boot reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/hda2 swap swap pri=42 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs fs=cdfss,ro, procuid,nosuid, nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 > > Cheers, > Dave Thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate any direction provided. I am sure it is something stupid and so I started recompile of kernel to have reiser, ext2, ext3 all modular (though I have tried that before). -- Thanks, Jeremey Wise jeremey.wise@agilysys.com All opinions or information expressed here are personal in nature and do not reflect the official position of Agilysys Inc.