On Thu Nov 29, 2001 at 09:13:04AM -0800, SI Reasoning wrote: (Let's move this over to expert@ where it belongs)
> 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. Ok... both systems use ext2? But now that I've seen your other message (about problems with -26mdk), I'm now confused on your definition of "new kernel". Exactly what kernel are you using on either machine, and what is the output of "df -T"? > > > 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
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