I had this problem when i forgot to include 'reaiser fs' in the kernel. I don't believe it's enabled by default and you'll have to enable 'experimental' stuff. (I've forgotten the exact phrase but it's one of the first compile options via xconfig) Although i get an error message on shutdown regarding the root partition, i just ignore it and everything moves along fine. My /boot partition is in ext2 however. Clifford -----Original Message----- From: wilson@claborn.net [mailto:wilson@claborn.net] Sent: 17 April 2001 22:52 To: Nestor Ruiz Cc: suse-linux-e@lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] (please help) Kernel Panic: unable to mount root FS -- boot problems with 2.4.2x At 04:32 PM 4/17/2001 -0500, you wrote:
Better is to get 2.4.X sources and ensure to compile it with ReiserFS filesystem enabled, then boot that kernel.
- Nestor
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
Howdy,
I'm having a lot of trouble booting after installing the latest kernel rpm. I keep getting kernel panics if I try to boot linux_2.4. It works fine if I boot the image named "suse".
I've tried manually giving it the root=/dev/sda4 option but it doesn't
I also tried using the CDs "boot installed system" option, and it tells
me that /dev/sda4 isn't a valid root device. I tried using the rescue system to mount that partition and is says it isn't a valid block device, however I
As I said, I can boot if I use the "suse" lilo image, but I get lots of
errors about modules.
What is the "suse" image? I do not have a 2.2.x kernel installed. Is it
safe to run depmod while booted into the "suse" image? Or will that make
Everything was working fine until installed the latest 2.4.2x kernel from
Is there any reason to belive that SusE's 2.4.2x update rpm does not have ReiserFS support included? I can't see why it wouldn't...anyone know? like that either. think that's a module problem i.e. there's not a SCSI module included in the rescue system. things worse? the update dir of ftp.suse.com.
BTW /dev/sda4 is where / is, and it's a ReiserFS partition. /dev/sda3 is
/boot and dev/sda2 is swap.
Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated
TIA,
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