That maybe the case...but I upgraded two systems from 7.2 to 8.1 but only had problems with one of them... I was able to resolve it with the old kernel by mkinitrd and placing read-only in the global section at the beginning of lilo.conf. That does not seem to work with the new kernel.
--- Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon Nov 26, 2001 at 09:21:18AM -0800, SI > Reasoning wrote: > > > potential "uniqueness": > > - 2 disk system with /boot on hda2 and / on hdb2 > > - upgraded mdk7.2 to 8.1 > > - migrated from ext2 to ext3 (previous kernel) > > - k6-2 400 cpu (in case it is an amd chipset > issue) > > I suspect, and this is by no means concrete, that > your problem may > lie with the ext2->ext3 conversion. I installed an > 8.1 system > recently using ext3, but it was formatted as ext3. > The two disk > system should make no difference, and I can't see as > a 7.2->8.1 update > would be the cause of the problem. > > When I have a chance, I'll try installing a 8.0 > ext2-based system in > vmware and then upgrade to 8.1 and converting the > ext2 partitions to > ext3. But it may take some days before I am able to > do this. > > -- > vdanen (at) mandrakesoft.com, OpenPGP key available > on www.keyserver.net > 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 > D0E5 FE6F 2AFD > > Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk uptime: 9 days 8 > hours 19 minutes. > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
