Re: Collapse ext2 and 3 please

Tigran Aivazian
2004-06-25T13:39:25Z

# gzip -dc /boot/initrd-2.4.21-15.EL.img | file -
standard input: Linux rev 1.0 ext2 filesystem data

Make sure you use the correct filename for your initrd image (check
/etc/grub.conf to find out which one is used).

Kind regards
Tigran

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, David van Hoose wrote:

> That could be a problem. How do I check its configuration?
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> Philip R. Auld wrote:
> > Rumor has it that on Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 07:50:42AM -0400 David van Hoose said:
> >
> >>yeah.. Really. Here's what I do.
> >>
> >>I have ext3 partitions, so I decided if they are different partitions,
> >>then I can compile my kernel with ext2 as a module and ext3 builtin.
> >>So I do it and reboot. Panic! Reason? Cannot find filesystem for the
> >>root partition.
> >>The error is in the kernel itself either way. Pick your reason.
> >>1) ext3 is identified as ext2 on bootup.
> >>2) There is no fallback to ext3 if ext2 is not found.
> >>
> >>I'll check this again to be sure on a 2.6 kernel later today, but as far
> >>as 2.4 is concerned my kernel panics.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > Make sure any initrd you are using is not ext2 based.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >>Regards,
> >>David
> >>
> >>PS. Shut up with the cheap insults. I have empirical evidence supporting
> >>my claim. Meaning there exists a bug somewhere.
> >>
> >>Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 07:30:40AM -0400, David van Hoose wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>If ext2 and ext3 are different filesystems, why does my kernel panic if
> >>>>I include ext3 in the kernel make ext2 a module?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>My kernel doesn't, must be a problem in front of the computer.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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