PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test3 does not mount root fs

PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test3 does not mount root fs

[Olaf Zaplinski]

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

Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test3 does not mount root fs

[Francois Romieu]

Olaf Zaplinski <olaf@zaplinski.de> :
[lilo.conf]
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3
>          root=/dev/hda3
>          label=2.6.0-test3
>          append="reboot=warm"

Try append="reboot=warm root=303"

>          read-only
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20
>          root=/dev/hda3

--
Ueimor

Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test3 does not mount root fs

[jeff millar]

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" <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test3 does not mount root fs


> Olaf Zaplinski <olaf@zaplinski.de> :
> [lilo.conf]
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test3
> >          root=/dev/hda3
> >          label=2.6.0-test3
> >          append="reboot=warm"
> 
> Try append="reboot=warm root=303"
> 
> >          read-only
> > 
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20
> >          root=/dev/hda3

Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.0-test3 does not mount root fs

[Olaf Zaplinski]

jeff millar wrote:
> 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