then why did i get that vfs: fs error on 2.2 but not 2.4? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mohammed Arafa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mandrake Newbie List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 2.2 & reiserfs
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:58:27 +0200, "Mohammed Arafa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > hi > > i tried booting to linux 2.2 kernel and i got a kernel panic: VFS: unable to > > mount root fs on 03:01 > > > > only my home partition is ext2 and teh rest is reiserfs. > > > > am i correct in thinking that linux 2.2 is not compatible with reiserfs > > (unless compiled into it of course). > > Mandrake 2.2 packages have had ReiserFS support since Mandrake 7.1. I haven't > tried any of their recent 2.2 kernels, but I don't think this has changed. > > > - i need to load into 2.2 coz i have a static program that requires 2.2 glibc6 > > to install (and run i guess). i hope i m correct about this coz i m gonna > > format and re install now but i want verification for my own peace of mind on > > both these points > > You can have multiple kernels installed. On my machine, I have a 2.2 kernel > (which I never use) and three different 2.4 ones. > > With that said, most apps work with a 2.4 kernel. The ones that don't use > features that are specific to the 2.2 series (like ipchains). > > > thanks in advance > > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > "In short, Microsoft is no more able to build secure products > than England's cricket team is able to withstand the bowling > of Australia's bowlers." > -- Leyden, J., "MS firewall is holier than the Pope", > The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk), 2001-08-20. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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