On Thursday 08 February 2001 11:20 am, s wrote:
> Thank you so much for your reply, and I would do that as I have seen
> it for he has posted it in several places; except for (okay, this is
> really embarrassing) that I don't seem to have a supermount.o module.
> I remember an automount choice in the config, but apparently I
> completely missed the supermount module part *again*. I have
> supermount for 2.2.17, but not 2.4.0 or 2.4.1. How am I overlooking
> this? Where should I find it in the kernel config?
> -s
It's sort'a towards the end of the config process, under the
heading something like 'file systems'. Maybe I haven't stressed,
_don't_ build supermount into the kernel, ie, don't choose the 'Y'
option, make it a module using the 'M' option. If you use ReiserFS, I
believe it's better to make it a module also.
Choosing to install supermount as a module gives the section of
'mandrake_everytime' that checks for it, a module to find. You just
need to edit a 7.2 vintage 'mandrake_everytime' file to the new
location that the 2.4 kernels use. Use the 'locate' command to verify
'supermount.o's existence and location first.
eg, $(uname -r)/kernel/fs/supermount/supermount.o
. ^^^^^^^^^ all this bit of code means is the currently booted
kernel (don't change it).
just to try'n be clear, I'll use my current setup as an example
'locate supermount.o' returns,
/lib/modules/2.4.1-tom/kernel/fs/supermount/supermount.o
. ^^^^^^^^ $(uname -r) above takes care of this part
Also, I'd like to also stress/clarify, that if you compile a 2.4
kernel, you must edit 'mandrake_everytime' BEFORE you boot it the first
time. If you don't, then when 'mandrake_everytime' doesn't find
'supermount.o', it overwrites 'fstab' with 'supermount -i disable', and
then supermount won't work even with a properly compiled 2.4 kernel
with a supermount module. IOW's, the 'mandrake_everytime' file has no
code in it to re-enable supermount once it's been disabled. You have
to manually fix it then. I've got a feeling I'm not very good at
explain'n all this :(
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
> On Thursday 08 February 2001 08:20 am, you wrote:
> > I guy by the name of Tom Brinkman had found the "bug" in the kernel
> > script for 2.4.x. He said that you have to do one of two things.
> > Have had a copy of your old /etc/fstab with supermount mentioned in
> > it or a direct quote from Tom himself:
> >
> > edite /etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime this line ~~
> >
> > # Disabling supermount if not here
> > if [[ $(uname -m) != sparc* ]];then
> > if grep -q '^\/.*supermount.*' /etc/fstab && \
> > [ ! -f "/lib/modules/$(uname
> > -r)/kernel/fs/supermount/supermount.o" .
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ] && [ -x /usr/bin/perl
> > ];then
> > action "Disabling Supermount" /usr/sbin/supermount -i
> > disable
> >
> > ~~ to reflect 'supermount.o's new location. Voila! Now I have
> > 2.4.0-11 with supermount on ReiserFS.
> >
> > -- Al
