Hi Junjiro, as promised, my callback. With aufs2, I got my setup running. This is 90% advance, given that aufs1 on this kernel wasn't able to pass the boot.* init scripts. I have a desktop. Yep.
A few caveats: autofs4 does not work on a aufs2 mounted /: Feb 4 00:49:33 x130 automount[7041]: do_mount_autofs_indirect: failed to create autofs directory /net Feb 4 00:49:33 x130 automount[7041]: handle_mounts: mount of /net failed! Feb 4 00:49:33 x130 automount[7041]: master_do_mount: failed to startup mount and Postfix does not work: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/0000:02:00.0/local_cpus Modules linked in: autofs4 snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq binfmt_misc snd_seq_device vmnet(X) ppdev parport_pc parpor t vmblock(X) vmci(X) vmmon(X) cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave powernow_k8 fuse loop nvidia(PX) snd_hda_intel rtc_cmos snd_pcm agpgart snd_timer rtc_core snd_page_alloc i2c_core serio_raw pcspkr rtc_lib thermal snd_h wdep snd soundcore wmi processor floppy thermal_sys button hwmon ipv6 aufs(N) squashfs nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc dm_mod b rd af_packet ide_pci_generic amd74xx ide_core ata_generic usbhid hid ff_memless ohci_hcd pata_amd ahci libata scsi_mod f orcedeth dock ehci_hcd usbcore Supported: No Pid: 5134, comm: master Tainted: P (2.6.27.42-0.10-default #1) EIP: 0060:[<c033c96d>] EFLAGS: 00210202 CPU: 3 EIP is at down_write+0x5/0x13 EAX: 00000004 EBX: 00000000 ECX: f6f8bf70 EDX: ffff0001 ESI: f6ea1bc0 EDI: 00000001 EBP: f6b1a3bc ESP: f6f8bec8 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 Process master (pid: 5134, ti=f6f8a000 task=f7348330 task.ti=f6f8a000) Stack: f9489066 00000001 f94805e2 f6b1a430 f6b1a3bc f6f8bf70 f6b54d74 f6b1a3bc c1415e00 f7898600 00000015 00000000 00000000 00000a06 fffffff4 00000001 f6f8bf70 c04fdfec f6b54d74 00002041 f6f8bf70 00000000 00002041 f6b1a3bc Call Trace: [<f9489066>] aufs_setattr+0xfa/0x6c4 [aufs] [<c0198388>] fnotify_change+0x196/0x2f3 [<c0184e47>] sys_fchmod+0x97/0xcb [<c0103a0d>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x21 [<ffffe430>] 0xffffe430 ======================= Code: e8 e8 f8 cd df ff 85 c0 89 c2 7e 05 ba fc fd ff ff 83 c4 4c 89 d0 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 f0 ff 00 79 05 e8 19 08 00 00 c3 ba 01 00 ff ff <f0> 0f c1 10 85 d2 74 05 e8 16 08 00 00 c3 8b 40 08 8b 08 8b 50 EIP: [<c033c96d>] down_write+0x5/0x13 SS:ESP 0068:f6f8bec8 ---[ end trace 8bc6ef898fe03696 ]--- That's all for now. Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com