On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 05:38:07PM +0200, Armando Navarro wrote: > Dear All: > As noted in a previous mail I have installed my new mdk8.2 system using the ext3 >journalling filesystem. However althougn fstab claims that root filesystem is ext3 >the system behaves as if the root filesystem is only ext2. > I tried to install other filesystems XFS, ReiserFs and JFS. > However after completing a normal installation, all I got was: > VFS: kernel panic:unable to mount root fs > If I choose a "truly minmal install" I was able to boot a XFS system. Also I could >install a "true" ext3 root fs doing a minimal install and then upgrading the system. > So, anybody knows what is happening with journalling filesystems in mdk8.2?
You need to make an initrd image if you want to use a journalling f/s for root, and you have to make sure that your bootloader (lilo or grub) is aware of it and uses it. The reason is that the modules for these f/s's are not in the kernel itself and need to be retrieved/loaded from the initrd (RAM image). Without a valid initrd, you will get those kernel panics. If you setup the filesystems during install, the appropriate options should be added to your bootloader menu and the initrd should be created. -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ "lynx -source http://www.freezer-burn.org/bios/vdanen.gpg | gpg --import" 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD Current Linux kernel 2.4.18-6.4mdksecure uptime: 19 hours 47 minutes.
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