<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Malcolm-Rannirl wrote: > >> >> However, I encountered a problem with the install. My previous install had a >> reiserfs root partition and I decided to switch it to ext3 as I was wiping it >> to do the upgrade anyway. However the partion tool apparently set the mount >> options for reiserfs rather than ext3 (fstab read: /dev/hda5 / notail ... >> which is a reiserfs option). This resulted in the boot sequence being unable >> to remount root as writable, at which point many things failed to work. > Funny, I seem to remember same thing happened a long while ago when during > the install you first choose reiserfs, and then ext3. notail would not be > removed. Thought it was fixed.
I can confirm that it isn't fixed...I had the same problem as Malcom-Rannirl yesterday when I decided to upgrade my mom's computer to 9.0...old reiserfs partition, converted to ext3, got a notail in return...had to stick the CD back in to fix it by hand. Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger.... For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
