"[tony.pattison]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6293 > > Summary: Install programs incorrectly cope with reiserfs to Ext3 > in /etc/fstab > Product: mandrake-release > Version: 9.2-0.1mdk > Platform: PC > OS/Version: All > Status: UNCONFIRMED > Severity: normal > Priority: P2 > Component: mandrake-release > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > If, as I had, you install 9.2 onto an existing partion that has the Reiserfs on > it, but decide to overwrite this with Ext3, during the install, the file > /etc/fstab is setup incorrectly. The partion in question is given the "notail" > option in /etc/fstab , this causes Linux to be unable to mount the Ext3 partion > and the boot fails. > > My way round this was to boot using an exiting copy of Linux and amend > /etc/fstab by hand, before rebooting, successfully, into Mandrake 9.2
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