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PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test3 does not mount root fs

DISCUSSION Olaf Zaplinski 3 participants 4 messages Aug 17, 2003 – Aug 19, 2003 2 messages not in the archive

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Hi,

2.6.0-test3 cannot mount my root fs, it says 'mounting root fs (ntfs) read only' and then complains that there is no init. 2.4.20 runs fine.

my lilo.conf:

lba32
compact
menu-scheme=Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
boot=/dev/hda
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
map=/boot/map
prompt
timeout=30

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3

        root=/dev/hda3
        label=2.6.0-test3
        append="reboot=warm"
        read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20

        root=/dev/hda3
        label=Linux-2.4.20
        # append="reboot=warm video=riva:1024x768-8@60"
        append="reboot=warm"
        read-only

my fstab:

/dev/hda3    /            reiserfs        notail          0       0
/dev/hda7    none         swap            sw              0       0
proc         /proc        proc            defaults        0       0
/dev/fd0     /floppy      auto            user,noauto     0       0
/dev/cdrom   /cdrom       iso9660         ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hda5    /ntfs        ntfs            ro,gid=users,umask=002  0       0

Olaf

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Olaf Zaplinski <[email protected]> :
[lilo.conf]

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image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3

         root=/dev/hda3
         label=2.6.0-test3
         append="reboot=warm"

Try append="reboot=warm root=303"

Quoted 4 lines

read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20

         root=/dev/hda3

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Ueimor

#2 lore raw

This may not be the problem. I just got 2.6.0-test3 booting after similar error messages by changing my .config file. using root=0303 didn't make it boot.

Not sure which changes made it boot.
Most likely, it's compiling ext3 into kernel (not a module). 2.4.20 kernels fell back to ext2 when mounting an ext3 partition.

BUT, I made that change once and it didn't work.... or maybe I forgot to install it. I'm still working thought the combinations.

jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Francois Romieu" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test3 does not mount root fs

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Olaf Zaplinski <[email protected]> :
[lilo.conf]

Quoted 4 lines

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3

         root=/dev/hda3
         label=2.6.0-test3
         append="reboot=warm"

Try append="reboot=warm root=303"

Quoted 4 lines

read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20

         root=/dev/hda3

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Quoted 3 lines · jeff millar

Ok...interesting...sounds like yet another variation on the problem. Herbert Potzl is interested in debugging this and sent me two patches to gather more debugging info. I'll forward them to you

Yup, these patches worked, 2.6.0-test3 is running.

Olaf