Hugh wrote:
HI,
I originally thought that the boot trouble with Kernel 2.6.x after installing Kraxel package is due to /etc/mtab corruption. I now think that it is actually more than that.
Does anyone using kernel 2.6 experience this problem?
The symptom is simple. During the boot process, a lot of errors show up because the system cannot write any log int /var/log or any place. Sometimes (one in four boot tries), it goes without this error.
BTW, i am using reiserfs version 2.6 on my single file system /.
After two days of journey into kernel-2.6. I got back to 2.4.xx. In my opinion, there is a serious bug in some of the key rpm packages in ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/kraxel/.... On my Dell Inspiron 8200, it bit the machine somewhere during the boot, 80 % of the time, the / file system fell into the READONLY mode. That means the second phase of mounting back the / file system failed. That happened so fast that I vaguely notice where it really is happening. No log. Because the machine cannot leave anything in a READONLY file system. I removed all the rpms which I installed to experiment with 2.6. I got back to 2.6.xx safely. It scared me to death because if I did not get the writable file system on boot (20 % chance), I would not be able to return to 2.4.xx at all. Kraxel (I forgot his real name. sorry) please take a note. Thanks Hugh