From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272503AbTHPAek (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:34:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272505AbTHPAek (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:34:40 -0400 Received: from mta5.mail.adelphia.net ([64.8.50.187]:40069 "EHLO mta5.adelphia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272503AbTHPAei (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:34:38 -0400 Message-ID: <000a01c3638e$2c7a6330$6401a8c0@wa1hco> From: "jeff millar" To: Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" References: <01a201c35e65$0536ef60$ee52a450@theoden> <3F34D0EA.8040006@rogers.com> <20030813061546.GB24994@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <00ac01c36193$72c892a0$6401a8c0@wa1hco> <20030813123010.GA7274@www.13thfloor.at> <00bb01c36198$51cba650$6401a8c0@wa1hco> <20030813132429.GA7551@www.13thfloor.at> <009b01c362d5$13838b90$6401a8c0@wa1hco> <20030815030013.GA9587@www.13thfloor.at> <00a401c3632a$80dd2a20$6401a8c0@wa1hco> <20030815132619.GB3695@www.13thfloor.at> Subject: 2.6.0-test3 _still_ cannot mount root fs Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:34:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Redhat's 2.4.20 will boot with root=/dev/hda3 pointing to an ext3 filesystem, without an initrd, with the following message ext2fs warning (device IDE0(3,3) ) ext2_read_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as ext2 VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly So I assumed that 2.6.0-test3 will also work with ext3 compiled as a module. I tried the various suggestions root=/dev/hda3, root=0303, root=03:03 without any luck. I then tested a suggestion that ext3 should get compiled in but get the same results > > > ============================================ > > > Case 2: grub, no initrd, kernel=/vmlinux-2.6.0-test3 ro root=/dev/hda3 > > > > > > ...stuff scrolled off the screen... > > > check >hda3< > > > check > > try_name() I > > > try_name() >hda3<,0 > > > open > /dys/block/hda3/dev< = -1 > > > fail > > > strtoul >3< -> 3 > > > try_name() II > > > try_name hda < 3 > > > open >/sys/block/hda/dev< = 0 > > > read 0[32]=>3:0 > > > 5^(4) > > > buf: >3:0< > > > mkdev(3,0) -> 768 > > > open2 >/sys/block/hda/range< = 0 > > > read2 0[32] => 764 > > > < (3) > > > buf: >64< > > > strtoul >64< -> 64 > > > name to dev_t() done > > > VFS: cannot open root dev "hda3" or hda3 Herbert's debug patch produced the same messages with ext3 compiled in. Any suggestions for what to try next? jeff