I also had problems booting my reiserfs root fs with some of the -ac
kernels just before and just after 2.4.4, but 2.4.4-ac6 fixed the
problem for me.
Luckily, I always keep at least one working kernel installed, so
I could use 2.4.3-ac14 while waiting for the fix.
Arnd <><
On Sun, 13 May 2001, michael wrote:
> Enabling experimental code support made reiserfs support possible but I
> guess it has to be modulized. However, still getting "unable to mount
> root partition on 03:07".
>
> michael wrote:
> >
> > I followed tom's kernel upgrade iii-source instructions through the
> > compilation and installation section of the tutorial on MUO.
> >
> > Now I am scared. I got "exec /sbin/installkernel 2.4.4mjb bzImage
> > /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot
> > look like there was a problem, the default vmlinuz version is not the same
> > of the initrd" followed by an Error1 and an Error2.
> >
> > Can someone please point me to a set of clear instructions that includes
> > information like what the /boot directory should look like?
> >
> > I am afraid to turn my machine off. Is there a way I can reinstall the
> > 2.4.3-20 kernel? 2.4.3-27 was a disaster for my machine.
> > Also, when I did mkinitrd etc, I got the msg that "No module reiserfs found
> > for kernel 2.4.4mjb" so I went and looked and sure enough, in the file
> > systems section, there is no way to enable reiserfs. Yet all my partitions
> > are reiserfs! What do I have to do to get reiserfs support in the kernel? Or
> > did I download the wrong one from kernel.org?
> > TIA,
> > -michael-
> > --
> > On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray,
> > Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right
> > answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind
> > of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
>
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