Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S275222AbTHMMaP (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:30:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275221AbTHMMaP (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:30:15 -0400 Received: from www.13thfloor.at ([212.16.59.250]:32710 "EHLO www.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S275220AbTHMMaD (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:30:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:30:10 +0200 From: Herbert =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=F6tzl?= To: jeff millar Cc: gaxt , Henrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E6der?= Clausen , Francois Romieu , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Felipe Alfaro Solana , "Mr. James W. Laferriere" , "Brown, Len" , Andrew Morton , "Mark W. Alexander" , Thomas Molina , Christian Mautner , Andrey Borzenkov , Norbert Preining Subject: Re: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs Message-ID: <20030813123010.GA7274@www.13thfloor.at> Reply-To: herbert@13thfloor.at Mail-Followup-To: jeff millar , gaxt , Henrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E6der?= Clausen , Francois Romieu , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Felipe Alfaro Solana , "Mr. James W. Laferriere" , "Brown, Len" , Andrew Morton , "Mark W. Alexander" , Thomas Molina , Christian Mautner , Andrey Borzenkov , Norbert Preining References: <3F34D0EA.8040006@rogers.com> <20030809104024.GA12316@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20030809115656.GC27013@www.13thfloor.at> <20030809090718.GA10360@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20030809130641.A8174@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <20030809090718.GA10360@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <01a201c35e65$0536ef60$ee52a450@theoden> <3F34D0EA.8040006@rogers.com> <20030813061546.GB24994@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <00ac01c36193$72c892a0$6401a8c0@wa1hco> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <00ac01c36193$72c892a0$6401a8c0@wa1hco> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2782 Lines: 73 On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:07:20AM -0400, jeff millar wrote: > Nope... For the reported problem I had with grub and root=/dev/hda3, it was > with a fresh tar file. > > As someone said, this "can't happen". And as someone else said, "It comes > and goes with random changes in .config file" so is there still somebody who is not able to boot, despite of 16 different versions of root=wossname? if so, I'm willing to make a small patch, which does _a_lot_of_ status output and checks around this code ... so it might be possible to track down any issues/bugs ... pleas let me know, Herbert > jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norbert Preining" > To: "gaxt" ; "Henrik R?der Clausen" ; > "Francois Romieu" ; ; > "Felipe Alfaro Solana" ; "Mr. James W. > Laferriere" ; "Brown, Len" ; > "Andrew Morton" ; "Mark W. Alexander" > ; "jeff millar" ; "Thomas > Molina" ; "Christian Mautner" ; > "Andrey Borzenkov" ; "Herbert P?tzl" > > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:15 AM > Subject: SOLUTION Re: 2.6.0-test3 cannot mount root fs > > > > On Die, 12 Aug 2003, Christian Mautner wrote: > > > Hast du auch einen kompletten Kernel tarball versucht? Wahrscheinlich > > > > The solution is: > > Get a COMPLETE linux-2.6.0-test3.tar.bz2 > > and > > DO NOT USE patch > > > > I patched up the kernel from 2.5.20 or something and there seemed to be > > an error somewhere on the way up. Getting a *clean* kernel tar file, > > compile with the same .config, running. > > > > This is the use of patches! > > > > Best wishes > > > > Norbert > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Norbert Preining Technische Universit?t > Wien > > gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 > B094 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > AINDERBY STEEPLE (n.) > > One who asks you a question with the apparent motive of wanting to > > hear your answer, but who cuts short your opening sentence by leaning > > forward and saying 'and I'll tell you why I ask...' and then talking > > solidly for the next hour. > > --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff > > - 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/