Re: Problems with mounting filesystems from /dev/hdb (kernel 2.6.18.1)

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

Jano wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Recently I've downloaded and compiled kernel 2.6.18.1. After installing
> modules and kernel and updating Grub I rebooted my box and tried to
> launch new kernel. Everything was launching nicely, but while loading
> GDM the screen went black and I was unable to switch console (using
> ctrl+alt+Fn). I've rebooted using single user mode and logged in as
> root. What I've discovered is the fact that I cannot mount any
> filesystem from /dev/hdb. All filesystems from /dev/hda work as they
> ought to, but when I try to mount something from the second hard disk I
> get:
> 
> # mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /home
> /dev/hdb1 already mounted or /home is busy
> # umount /home
> /home not mounted
> 
> Here you've got my /etc/fstab:
> 
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda3       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0
>   1
> /dev/hda1       /boot           ext3    defaults        0       2
> /dev/hdb1       /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
> /dev/hda5       /usr            ext3    defaults        0       2
> /dev/hda7       none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0       0
> /dev/sda1       /media/usbdisk  vfat    user,auto       0       0
> 
> Currently I am using kernel 2.6.15 from Ubuntu repositories. All
> filesystems work perfectly. Have you got any ideas what might be going
> on?
dmesg >2.6.15
reboot
dmesg >2.6.18
diff -u 2.6.15 2.6.18 >post_this_to_lkml
might help us. Also attach /proc/mounts.

regards,
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faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
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