On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Yves Pelletier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The problem that prompted me to ask for advice about booting 2.4.1 was solved
> quite simply by running mkinitrd.
>
> However... funny you should mention that reiserfs may not be compatible
> across the 2.2.x -> 2.4.x divide, because I have been struggling with
> undeletable files and other oddities since I moved to 2.4.1-7 (and now
> 2.4.1-9).
>
> The problems are were especially apparent when I tried to build 2.4.1-9 from
> source. The process created sub-hierarchies of undeletable directories and
> files, and the rm command would produce kernel oopses (sometimes, sometimes
> not). Other times, the rm would just freeze, leaving the system partially
> functional; however I would be unable to shutdown gracefully. All in all, an
> interesting day. I managed to recover (how entirely, I'm not sure) by
> booting off the Mandrake rescue CD and doing a reiserfsck (from the
> reiserfs-utils-3.6.25-2mdk package).
>
> I am open to suggestions... I would like to avoid reverting to 2.2.x, unless
> there is a clear indication that there is no other alternative.
>
> Yves
Yves-
Have you tried downloading the 2.4.1 source and your favorite patch (pre3
or ac9 as of right now), patching, and compiling from there? If you 'make
bzImage' you can make a bootdisk and avoid locking yourself out of your
system, and see if the problem are in the patches, or Cooker, or are just
spontaneous. Compile a straight 2.4.1, and one of each patch (pre3 and
ac9) and see if you can pinpoint any problems.
Matt
