> >> > Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my server to the latest hardened-sources > >> > kernel. I'm trying to mount my /dev/hda1 partition to /boot but I'm > >> > getting the error: > >> > > >> > mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2' > >> > > >> > It's true that I don't have ext2 support compiled into my kernel, but > >> > I never have. My /etc/fstab looks like this: > >> > > >> > /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime 1 2 > >> > > >> should it be ext2 above? > > > > The filesystem is ext3 as notated in fstab. > > Sorry, you wrote ext2 right above it. > > Typically, boot is ext2, and ext2 has to be in the kernel at > this stage. If you want ext3, you should compile in ext3 support into the > kernel. (boot will load either way since ext3 is really ext2 with a > journal).
I don't think I'm explaining this properly. I have ext3 support in my kernel, but not ext2. Both my root and boot partitions are ext3. All of a sudden I'm getting this: # mount /dev/hda1 /boot mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext2' but also this: # mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /boot # Why does mount use ext2 by default? This hasn't happened before. I have no special grub configuration and fstab specifies ext3 for boot. Is this the kind of issue that comes and goes on a Gentoo system and isn't worth looking into? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
