That notail is your problem. changing it to defaults would be your best option.. notail is for /boot partition only..
> -----Original Message----- > From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted > > > Frank Schafer wrote: > > Did you double-check your fstab? > > Yes , too many times > > As I said , I don't think there is any problem in my fstab > because I can > boot with the old kernel > # <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> > <dump/pass> > > # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail > option to opts. > /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 > noauto,noatime > 1 1 > /dev/hda4 / reiserfs > defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 > /dev/hda3 none swap sw > 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/win ntfs > auto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf0 0 > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 > noauto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat > noauto,defaults,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 > > # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! > none /proc proc defaults > 0 0 > > # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for > # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). > # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will > # use almost no memory if not populated with files) > # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults > 0 0 > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > Frank > > > > > > SMS WebMaster wrote: > > > >> Harald Arnesen wrote: > >> > >>> SMS WebMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> > >>> > >>>> This didn't help me :( > >>>> > >>>> BTW: I changed the line > >>>> mount / -n -o remount,ro &>/dev/null > >>>> in /etc/init.d/checkroot to > >>>> mount / -n -o remount,ro > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> and reboot my PC so I got this message : > >>>> mount: / not mounted already or bad option > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Any help? > >>>> > >>>> (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in > the kernel, > >>> not as a module)? > >> > >> > >> > >> Yes I have compiled reiserfs > >> > >> > >> BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : > >> > >> mount: / mounted already or bad option > >> > >> and the system stop and ask me to type the root password > >> and when I login with the root and type > >> > >> mount -o remount,rw / > >> > >> I got the same message > >> > >> mount: / mounted already or bad option > >> > >> but if I write > >> > >> mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / > >> > >> then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.4-SMS.Com > http://eShop.4-SMS.Com > http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com > -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
