Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 16 Aug 2003 17:00:36 +0200 | From | Herbert Pötzl <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test3 _still_ cannot mount root fs |
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Hi Jeff!
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 08:34:37PM -0400, jeff millar wrote: > Redhat's 2.4.20 will boot with root=/dev/hda3 pointing to an ext3 > filesystem, without an initrd, with the following message > > ext2fs warning (device IDE0(3,3) ) ext2_read_super: mounting ext3 > filesystem as ext2 > VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly > > So I assumed that 2.6.0-test3 will also work with ext3 compiled as a module. > I tried the various suggestions root=/dev/hda3, root=0303, root=03:03 > without any luck. > > I then tested a suggestion that ext3 should get compiled in but get the same > results > > Herbert's debug patch produced the same messages with ext3 compiled in. > > Any suggestions for what to try next?
appended a short patch, which goes ontop of my other debug patch ... this time, please concentrate on the %% lines and the lines immediately above and below ...
best, Herbert
> jeff
--- linux-2.6.0-test3-debug/init/do_mounts.c 2003-08-13 15:15:23.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.0-test3-debug-P1/init/do_mounts.c 2003-08-16 16:57:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -277,7 +277,11 @@ get_fs_names(fs_names); retry: for (p = fs_names; *p; p += strlen(p)+1) { - int err = do_mount_root(name, p, flags, root_mount_data); + int err; + + printk("%%%% do_mount_root() >%s<,>%s<, %08x ...\n", name, p, flags); + err = do_mount_root(name, p, flags, root_mount_data); + printk("%%%% ret = %d\n", err); switch (err) { case 0: goto out; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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