Hi all,
I'm having a pretty serious problem on 2 computers that have Mandrake
8.1 updated to 8.2b3 installed. Trying to create an initrd locks up
the computer pretty hard (as in, responds to pings but ssh freezes,
no local input accepted, only solution being reboot).
Anyone has an idea if this is a local problem of mine or if the
problem lies with 8.2b3 itself?
Some details follow...
On both computers I have one reiserfs partition on which / resides and
a swap partition. It's IDE (no scsi) and / is /dev/hda2.
The kernel I'm trying to compile is 2.4.18-ac2 (not mdk), I verified
by trying to rebuild the initrd of the 2.4.17+preempt+lockbreak kernel
I'm using presently and it locks up too.
Should I try an mdk kernel?
rpm -q mkinitrd e2fsprogs gives:
mkinitrd-3.1.6-27mdk
e2fsprogs-1.26-1mdk
The output for mkinitrd -v is:
Using modules: ./kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o
Using /root/tmp as temporary directory.
/sbin/nash -> /root/tmp/initrd.cygxGJ/bin/nash
/sbin/insmod-DIET -> /root/tmp/initrd.cygxGJ/bin/insmod
`/lib/modules/2.4.17-pl/./kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o' ->
`/root/tmp/initrd.cygxGJ/lib/reiserfs.o'
Loading module reiserfs with options
Contents of RCFILE:
#!/bin/nash
echo "Loading reiserfs module"
insmod /lib/reiserfs.o
echo Mounting /proc filesystem
mount -t proc /proc /proc
echo Creating root device
mkrootdev /dev/root
echo 0x0100 > /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev
umount /proc
echo Mounting root filesystem
mount --ro -t reiserfs /dev/root /sysroot
pivot_root /sysroot /sysroot/initrd
echo Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary
handledevfs
Creating filesystem with size 400KB and 43 inodes
mke2fs 1.26 (3-Feb-2002)
<that's where it locks up>
PS: Since I'm only using initrd for the reiserfs module I guess I
could just compile it in an not use initrd anymore...
Thanks in advance for any help, looking forward to Mandrake 8.2
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