2013/8/27 Wang Xuerui <idontknw.w...@gmail.com> > 2013/8/27 Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com>: > > In regard of file systems, > > it only loads a ext2 module, and the root partition is ext4 formated. > > > > Although this kernel has ext2, ext3 and ext4 built in (not modules), can > > this be a cue? Right now I am preparing to format the root partition as > > ext2, just to check this out. > > Well, GRUB modules are *GRUB* modules, that is, they're there only for > GRUB to be able to understand your partition table and read your > filesystems. After successfully reading the kernel into memory and > passing control to it, they're not relevant any more, so you really > don't have to reformat /. > > Instead, focus on your initramfs as the error shows some inconsistency > between the expected and actual initramfs content. Also that last line > seems to come from initramfs, based on its appearance (unlike dmesg > lines). You may understand your problem better there. > > Hope that helps. > > Thanks for your reply, Wang
You are probably right, because using the grub console interface, it was possible to mount any other partitions using commands like root=(hd0,msdos5) I have used genkernel to build both the kernel and the initramfs, so I don't know what could be wrong. In fact, I have never tried to build my own initramfs. Any hints on how to diagnose a initramfs? AFAIK it is a filesystem. How can I mount it to check its contents? Thanks again, Francisco
