Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test1/2 reiserfsck journal replaying hangs

[Oleg Drokin <green@namesys.com>]

Hello!

On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 10:43:07AM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:
> > > [1.] PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test1/2 reiserfsck journal replaying hangs
> > > [2.] I use only reiserfs hd partitions. When booting 2.6.0-test2,
> > > fsck'ing the root file system causes a journal replay which hangs
> > > forever; one has to interrupt it (^C) and continue manually. When
> > HUH???
> > So you are starrting reiserfsck on rootfs and it starts to
> > replay a journal? That's really weird (but seems there is nthing to do with
> > kernel, though).
> Well, it is started automatically. Actually, the line "replaying
> journal" appears with every boot and it also lasts a while, so I
> suppose it is actually done. fsck and replaying works with all other
> file systems, it only hangs with the root fs.

Hm, have you tried to press any other keys prior to ^C?
What was screen looking like at the hang time (can you capture it somehow?),
can you press sysrq-T at the time of a hang and then send us the traces?

Thank you.

Bye,
    Oleg