After Re-Reading this, make sure since your using ReiserFs is either not a module in the kernel, or your specifying the initrd for it. Or you will have problems.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stroller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Wes Gray > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] after kernel upgrade get / mount error > > > > On 30 Sep 2003, at 6:24 pm, Wes Gray wrote: > > > I am running vanilla sources, and I upgraded from 2.4.19 to 2.4.20 > > fine, > > but when I go to 2.4.21 or 2.4.22, on boot I get an error "Root > > filesystem > > could not be mounted read/write". After that error, lots of > files are > > not > > found for the rest of the boot process, but at the end I am able to > > log into the system and / is definitly mounted, though some of the > > files the boot process is looking for are missing. My / is > reiserfs. > > > > I highly suspect that I am missing some kernel modules, but no idea > > which ones. I have reiserfs enabled for the kernel. Does > anyone have > > any idea what I might be missing, or have a good suggestion > for how to > > go about debugging this problems? Thanks, > > Didn't use `genkernel`, did you, by any chance..? I didn't get along > with `genkernel` when I tried it. > > What I would do is log in as root & > # cd /usr/src > # rm linux <-- remove the old sym-link > # ln -s linux-new_version_number linux <-- make new sym link > # cp linux-old_working_version/.config linux/ > # cd linux > # make menuconfig > <save & exit> > # make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install > <like it says at > <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml#doc_chap16> > # mount /boot > # cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage > /boot/bzImage-version_number > # nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf > <do stuff here> > # umount /boot > # reboot > > If this doesn't work, then take a further look at code listing 16.6: > "make menuconfig options" of > <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml#doc_chap1 6> - you need to find the option for ReiserFS & make sure it is compiled into the kernel (NOT as a module). HTH, Stroller. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
