Tomas Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On both computers I have one reiserfs partition on which / resides and > a swap partition. It's IDE (no scsi) and / is /dev/hda2. > > The kernel I'm trying to compile is 2.4.18-ac2 (not mdk), I verified > by trying to rebuild the initrd of the 2.4.17+preempt+lockbreak kernel > I'm using presently and it locks up too. > > Should I try an mdk kernel?
We can't give you support if you don't use our kernel.. [...] > Creating filesystem with size 400KB and 43 inodes > mke2fs 1.26 (3-Feb-2002) > <that's where it locks up> At the moment when the e2fs filesystem is built using loopback. Could it be you have a problem with your loopback? > PS: Since I'm only using initrd for the reiserfs module I guess I > could just compile it in an not use initrd anymore... Yes but be informed that you won't be able to provide mount options (such as notail for reiserfs for example). > Thanks in advance for any help, looking forward to Mandrake 8.2 -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/