Il mer, 2004-04-21 alle 22:26, Per Olofsson ha scritto: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 02:46 +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > > hd:4 root=/dev/hda4 rw > > > > but the kernel was unable to mount the root partition probably because > > XFS isn't compiled into the default kernel (2.4.25-powerpc-pmac). > > I reinstalled everthing using ext3 and the new system mounted the root > > partition correctly. > > > > I believe that all filesystems offered during the installation need to > > be compiled *into* the kernel. > > They are provided as modules in an initrd. You must boot with the > initrd.
I just found that initrd exists also for powerpc, but I think that no debian package provides and initrd kernel for powerpc. > > When rebooting (with ext3) I found that /etc/fstab contained only one > > line: # UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM > > I think this is because you didn't complete the installation process. I think not, since I completed the installation and I was missing the file after the reboot. The installation was normal and I just missed to install the boot loader (that wasn't working) Thanks, Giuseppe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
