Re: 2.6.32-rc6 - 2.6.32-rc6-git3 misinterpreting fstype on boot

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Now I have found the cause, the wonder is why it booted for the last
many months the new motherboard was installed with earlier kernels up to
2.6.32-rc5-git4.
Problem was my INITRD script gave / as -part1 instead of -part2, having
corrected it, 2.6-32-rc6-git4 boots.
I obviously had not been paying close attention to what mkinitrd was
telling me, mainly because it always worked - then .....
Regards
Sid.

On 08/11/09 22:15, Sid Boyce wrote:
> 2.6.32-rc5-git4 kernel boots normally, but 2.6.32-rc6 and later exhibit
> strangeness - misinterpreting the xfs partition as reiserfs.
> The .config is the same.
> Under 2.6.32-rc5-git4
> ======================
> # mount
> /dev/sda2 on / type xfs (rw) <<======
> proc on /proc type proc (rw)
> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
> debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
> udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5)
> /dev/sda1 on /boot type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) <<====
> /dev/sdb1 on /home/lancelot/ftp type reiserfs (rw)
> none on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
> fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
> nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)
> rpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
> /proc on /var/lib/ntp/proc type none (ro,bind)
> gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/lancelot/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
> (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=lancelot)
> 
>  system.firmware.version = 'ASUS CROSSHAIR II FORMULA ACPI BIOS Revision
> 1802'
>   system.firmware.release_date = '05/06/2009'
>   system.hardware.vendor = 'System manufacturer'
>   system.hardware.product = 'System Product Name'
>   system.hardware.version = 'System Version'
>   system.chassis.manufacturer = 'Chassis Manufacture'
>   system.board.product = 'CROSSHAIR II FORMULA'
>   system.board.version = '1.XX'
>   system.board.vendor = 'ASUSTeK Computer INC.'
>   system.chassis.type = 'Desktop'
>   system.formfactor = 'desktop'
> CPU is AMD quad core.
> 
> 
> When I try to boot 2.6.32-rc6 and 2.6.32-rc6-git, it thinks /dev/sda2
> is a reiserfs partition it needs to mount as "/root"????.
> Boot up messages
> ==================
> fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16
> [/sbin/fsck.reiserfs (1) -- /] fsck.reiserfs -a /dev/sda2
> reiserfs_open: the reiserfs superblock cannot be found on /dev/sda2.
> REISERFS: warning (device sda2): sh-2021 reiserfs_fill_super: can not
> find reiserfs on sda2.
> Failed to open the filesystem
>   If the partition table has not been changed, the partition is valid
>   and really contains a reiserfs  partition, then the superblock is
>   corrupted and you need to run this utility with --rebuild-sb.
> fsck failed. Mounting root device read-only.
> Mounting root /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103UJS13PJDWS258743-part2
> mount -o ro -t reiserfs
> /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103UJS13PJDWS258743-part2 /root
> mount: wrong fstype, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2
> could not mount root filesystem - exiting to /bin/sh
> 
> 
> No problem on this other box with AMD dual-core and 2.6.32-rc6-git3 running.
> system.firmware.vendor = 'Phoenix Technologies, LTD'
>   system.firmware.version = 'ASUS M2N32-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision 1802'
>   system.firmware.release_date = '01/31/2008'
>   system.hardware.vendor = 'System manufacturer'
>   system.hardware.product = 'System Product Name'
>   system.hardware.version = 'System Version'
>   system.chassis.manufacturer = 'Chassis Manufacture'
>   system.board.product = 'M2N32-SLI DELUXE'
>   system.board.version = '1.XX'
>   system.board.vendor = 'ASUSTeK Computer INC.'
>   system.chassis.type = 'Desktop'
> /dev/sda1 on / type xfs (rw)
> /dev/sdb1 on /data1 type btrfs (rw)
> Regards
> Sid.


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