From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754307AbZALOt4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:49:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752244AbZALOts (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:49:48 -0500 Received: from vervifontaine.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:57636 "EHLO vervifontaine.sonycom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752064AbZALOtr (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:49:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:49:36 +0100 (CET) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Matthias Kaehlcke cc: phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG?] SQUASHFS error: Major/Minor mismatch In-Reply-To: <20090112140822.GB23365@traven> Message-ID: References: <20090112140822.GB23365@traven> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > i get the following error when trying to mount a squashfs partition on > an ARM system (edb9302) with linux 2.6.29-rc1: > > mount /dev/mtdblock6 /mnt/ > SQUASHFS error: Major/Minor mismatch, older Squashfs 3.1 filesystems > are unsupported > mount: mounting /dev/mtdblock6 on /mnt/ failed: Invalid argument > > the image has been created using mksquashfs v3.4: > > mksquashfs . /tmp/rootfs.squfs -le -noappend You have to use a version of mksquashfs that creates file systems with the v4.0 layout, i.e. from the squashfs-tools on SourceForge.net: git-cvsimport -v -d :pserver:anonymous@squashfs.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/squashfs squashfs With kind regards, Geert Uytterhoeven Software Architect Sony Techsoft Centre Europe The Corporate Village · Da Vincilaan 7-D1 · B-1935 Zaventem · Belgium Phone: +32 (0)2 700 8453 Fax: +32 (0)2 700 8622 E-mail: Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com Internet: http://www.sony-europe.com/ A division of Sony Europe (Belgium) N.V. VAT BE 0413.825.160 · RPR Brussels Fortis · BIC GEBABEBB · IBAN BE41293037680010