>>>>> "david" == David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
david> Juan Quintela wrote: >>>>>>> "mathias" == Mathias L Bjorkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>>>> mathias> it doesn't seem that kernel-2.4.18-2mdk has a initrd mathias> prebuild so therefor doesn't link initrd to initrd-2.4.18-2mdk.img mathias> properly. mathias> Another thing that came up is it complains when mathias> mounting /proc, it says its allready mounted so mathias> that program fails. >> What is your configuration? >> Here it creates a initrd for sure. >> what is your root fs and in what is it imounted (i.e. ide, or if >> SCSI, what card). >> Later, Juan david> I've reported this bug three or so times, and received no reply. For david> me, the root fs is XFS on an ATA100 harddisk. david> 1.) For mkbootdisk, I would hope if 1.38M is not big enough to fit the david> XFS module the installer would attempt to format for a larger size david> (apparently this can be done). At least this way, if you fail to david> create the initrd when I install Mandrake Linux, the bootdisk may save david> me. known problem, no way to create a boot disk for XFS sorry, but floppyes are still 1.44MB & xfs alone is: quintela$ ll /lib/modules/2.4.17-18mdk/kernel/fs/xfs*/* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1192269 Feb 14 22:20 /lib/modules/2.4.17-18mdk/kernel/fs/xfs_dmapi/xfs_dmapi.o.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7754 Feb 14 22:20 /lib/modules/2.4.17-18mdk/kernel/fs/xfs_support/xfs_support.o.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 296188 Feb 14 22:20 /lib/modules/2.4.17-18mdk/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.o.gz and that is just too much :((( david> 2.) It seems there is an error creating the initrd. For one thing it david> would be nice if it took a --root=/mnt option. I cannot tell what the david> cause is, but I see either: I have no idea, but I have been able to boot a machine with xfs yesterday :( I don't know what is happening in your case. david> a.) unresolved symbols in modules loaded from initrd Nope, if they are created in that orde: xfs_support xfs_dmapi xfs it works, tested. david> b.) no xfs module included in the initrd, so no ability to mount root david> fs anyway could you take a look at what is at the initrd? cp /boot/intrd-xxxxxxx /tmp/initrd.gz gunzip /tmp/initrd.gz mount -o loop /tmp/initrd /mnt/disk ls -l /mnt/disk cat /mnt/disk/linuxrc that will give me one idea of what is happening david> 3.) I have tried installing an older kernel which is known to david> work. Same thing happens -- creating initrd fails. Persumably, it david> looks in /sbin or /lib for modules, when my rescue disk puts my david> filesystems under /mnt. But again, I try creating this file manually, david> and I get the same errors as above. Could you copy the exact errors for me? Here it is working fine (not in a floppy, no space for it), but in the root fs, it just works. david> Like I said, this has happened before. I forgot how I fixed it last david> time, but I remember it took me a couple of days. try, to remove /boot/initrd<of your kernel> urpme last kernel urpmi last kernel, and see if this fixes the problem, if it is not fixed, send me what errors it gives while you are installing also. david> Sorry, I don't have much info, maybe you can tell me where to look? I david> have tried creating the initrd manually since the RPM fails when it david> tries to do it. Paste the errors tath it gives to you in a mail please? Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy
