Re: [SLE] Ext3 for the root partition
the mk_initrd from suse does work. I admit though that suse has done a pretty bad job in getting this set up easily. well its a new feature.... anyhow its most likely a boot loader problem than anything else. you need to point lilo at /boot/initrd or in my preferred case grub!!!!!!!! mk
From: Charles Philip Chan
Reply-To: Charles Philip Chan To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Ext3 for the root partition Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 00:57:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [202.58.118.7] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBE12576F006540043116CA3A760706620; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:04:31 -0800 Received: (qmail 27791 invoked by alias); 19 Jan 2002 06:03:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 27761 invoked from network); 19 Jan 2002 06:03:50 -0000 From suse-linux-e-return-87831-purpleshirt Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:05:08 -0800 Mailing-List: contact suse-linux-e-help@suse.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes list-help: mailto:suse-linux-e-help@suse.com list-unsubscribe: mailto:suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com list-post: mailto:suse-linux-e@suse.com X-MIME-Notice: attachments may have been removed from this message X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e Delivered-To: mailing list suse-linux-e@suse.com Message-Id: <20020119005737.0a3931a8.karnak@look.ca> In-Reply-To: <3C48DC8E.6050501@neuronet.pitt.edu> References: <3C48DC8E.6050501@neuronet.pitt.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: G;Z,`sm>)4t4LB/GUrgH$W`!AmfHMj,LG)Z}X0ax@s9:0>0)B&@vcm{v-le)wng)?|o]D \Z}0:6X On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:40:14 -0500 "Rafael E. Herrera"
wrote: I created the journal in the filesystem, added jbd and ext3 modules to my initrd, downloaded the fixed mk_initrd, created the new initrd file, run lilo and, finally, at boot passed the option rootfstype=ext3. The result was a kernel panic with the root partition unable to be mounted.
So to so called fixed mk_inintrd from SuSe doesn't work either. You have 2 choices:
(1) Compile jbd and ext3 into the kernel.
(2) Download Redhat's version- mkinitrd, compile and use it instead. I know it works. That was my work around when I was using modules.
Regards, Charles
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Purple Shirt wrote:
the mk_initrd from suse does work. I admit though that suse has done a pretty bad job in getting this set up easily. well its a new feature....
I set up my / as ext3 when I installed, and it worked without a hitch. It must have been pretty easy as I don't remember having any problems. ;-) I have updated aaa_base package, which has a newer mk_initrd than the install I guess and it has worked fine updating to 2.4.16, back to 2.4.10, then back again to 2.4.16
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:40:14 -0500 "Rafael E. Herrera"
wrote: I created the journal in the filesystem, added jbd and ext3 modules to my initrd, downloaded the fixed mk_initrd, created the new initrd file, run lilo and, finally, at boot passed the option rootfstype=ext3. The result was a kernel panic with the root partition unable to be mounted.
Did you change fstab?
So to so called fixed mk_inintrd from SuSe doesn't work either. You have 2 choices:
Mine works fine, as modules. jbd and ext3 are in my INITRD_MODULES section in rc.config., and initrd works without a hitch.
(1) Compile jbd and ext3 into the kernel.
(2) Download Redhat's version- mkinitrd, compile and use it instead. I know it works. That was my work around when I was using modules.
Try updating aaa_base. I haven't had any ext3 problems. BTW, this is on 7.3. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871
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