Tom, This sounds like the "default of devfs being turned on in the new kernel" problem. Reboot your old kernel (if you can), go into the kernel source top level directory, and do a "make menuconfig". Go into "file systems" and turn off devfs support, recompile, re-run zipl, reboot.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Geyer, Thomas L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 2.4.17 Upgrade Problem I am trying to upgrade my SLES 2.4.7 kernel to 2.4.17. I have followed the procedure in the HOW-TO from linuxvm.org and in the Linux on zSeries and S390: Systems Management Redbook. When I try to boot the new kernel I get the following errors: Parallelizing fsck version 1.19a (13-Jul-2000)" fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/dasdb1"" (null): " The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2" filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2" filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock" is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:" e2fsck -b 8193 <device>" " fsck.ext2 /dev/dasdb1 failed (status 8)! Run it manually!" "7"[1A""[80C"[10D"[1;31mfailed"[m""8" fsck failed. Please repair manually and reboot. The root" file system is currently mounted read-only. To remount it" read-write do:" " bash# mount -n -o remount,rw /" " Attention: Only CONTROL-D will reboot the system in this" maintanance mode. shutdown or reboot will not work." " I have tried the upgrade numerous times with the same errors at boot time. Where have I gone wrong? I am trying to get to kernel 2.4.17 "May 2002 stream". I may be confused to the order one should do the following upgrades. I was planning to do them in the following order: 1. kernel 2. OCO modules 3. tool-chain 4. utilities 5. debug tools This information I got from the following web page: http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/current2_4_ 17-may2002.shtml Does the above order matter? Are my assumptions incorrect? Any help, hints or suggestions would be of help. Thanks. Thomas L. Geyer Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:(330) 471-2073 Fax:(330) 471-4034 ********************************************************************** This message and any attachments are intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward, copy, print, use or disclose this communication to others; also please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. The Timken Company **********************************************************************
