Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? -- Hilsen Harald. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From searching google I think (not sure) the problem because I didn't enable noatime in the new kernel . The problem that I can't find this option in the kernel options !!! noatime goes in /etc/fstab. But this is not related to your problem. -- Hilsen Harald. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
Harald Arnesen wrote: SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? Yes I have compiled reiserfs BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : mount: / mounted already or bad option and the system stop and ask me to type the root password and when I login with the root and type mount -o remount,rw / I got the same message mount: / mounted already or bad option but if I write mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
Did you double-check your fstab? Regards Frank SMS WebMaster wrote: Harald Arnesen wrote: SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? Yes I have compiled reiserfs BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : mount: / mounted already or bad option and the system stop and ask me to type the root password and when I login with the root and type mount -o remount,rw / I got the same message mount: / mounted already or bad option but if I write mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
Frank Schafer wrote: Did you double-check your fstab? Yes , too many times As I said , I don't think there is any problem in my fstab because I can boot with the old kernel # fs mountpointtype opts dump/pass # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hda2 /boot ext2noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda3 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winntfs auto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy vfat noauto,defaults,umask=000,iocharset=utf80 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! none/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: none/dev/shmtmpfs defaults 0 0 Regards Frank SMS WebMaster wrote: Harald Arnesen wrote: SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? Yes I have compiled reiserfs BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : mount: / mounted already or bad option and the system stop and ask me to type the root password and when I login with the root and type mount -o remount,rw / I got the same message mount: / mounted already or bad option but if I write mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
Hi again. /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 Try changing that to this: /dev/hda4/reiserfsdefaults00 It is exactly the same problem I had. That solution worked for me. Still cannot explain why :) Greetings, Dennis -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
That notail is your problem. changing it to defaults would be your best option.. notail is for /boot partition only.. -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted Frank Schafer wrote: Did you double-check your fstab? Yes , too many times As I said , I don't think there is any problem in my fstab because I can boot with the old kernel # fs mountpointtype opts dump/pass # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda3 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winntfs auto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy vfat noauto,defaults,umask=000,iocharset=utf80 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! none/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: none/dev/shmtmpfs defaults 0 0 Regards Frank SMS WebMaster wrote: Harald Arnesen wrote: SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? Yes I have compiled reiserfs BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : mount: / mounted already or bad option and the system stop and ask me to type the root password and when I login with the root and type mount -o remount,rw / I got the same message mount: / mounted already or bad option but if I write mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
The problem is not from notail because I added it just to see if it will help in this problem :( Jeffrey Smelser wrote: That notail is your problem. changing it to defaults would be your best option.. notail is for /boot partition only.. -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted Frank Schafer wrote: Did you double-check your fstab? Yes , too many times As I said , I don't think there is any problem in my fstab because I can boot with the old kernel # fs mountpointtype opts dump/pass # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda3 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winntfs auto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy vfat noauto,defaults,umask=000,iocharset=utf80 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! none/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: none/dev/shmtmpfs defaults 0 0 Regards Frank SMS WebMaster wrote: Harald Arnesen wrote: SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? Yes I have compiled reiserfs BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : mount: / mounted already or bad option and the system stop and ask me to type the root password and when I login with the root and type mount -o remount,rw / I got the same message mount: / mounted already or bad option but if I write mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
Hmm, I had it as a problem here.. Either way, I do know defaults should work.. Correct? -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted The problem is not from notail because I added it just to see if it will help in this problem :( Jeffrey Smelser wrote: That notail is your problem. changing it to defaults would be your best option.. notail is for /boot partition only.. -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted Frank Schafer wrote: Did you double-check your fstab? Yes , too many times As I said , I don't think there is any problem in my fstab because I can boot with the old kernel # fs mountpointtype opts dump/pass # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda3 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winntfs auto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy vfat noauto,defaults,umask=000,iocharset=utf80 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! none/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: none/dev/shmtmpfs defaults 0 0 Regards Frank SMS WebMaster wrote: Harald Arnesen wrote: SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? Yes I have compiled reiserfs BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : mount: / mounted already or bad option and the system stop and ask me to type the root password and when I login with the root and type mount -o remount,rw / I got the same message mount: / mounted already or bad option but if I write mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
Jeffrey Smelser wrote: Hmm, I had it as a problem here.. Either way, I do know defaults should work.. Correct? No :( As you can see I have defaults in my fstab -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted The problem is not from notail because I added it just to see if it will help in this problem :( Jeffrey Smelser wrote: That notail is your problem. changing it to defaults would be your best option.. notail is for /boot partition only.. -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted Frank Schafer wrote: Did you double-check your fstab? Yes , too many times As I said , I don't think there is any problem in my fstab because I can boot with the old kernel # fs mountpointtype opts dump/pass # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda3 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winntfs auto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy vfat noauto,defaults,umask=000,iocharset=utf80 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! none/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: none/dev/shmtmpfs defaults 0 0 Regards Frank SMS WebMaster wrote: Harald Arnesen wrote: SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? Yes I have compiled reiserfs BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : mount: / mounted already or bad option and the system stop and ask me to type the root password and when I login with the root and type mount -o remount,rw / I got the same message mount: / mounted already or bad option but if I write mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
SMS WebMaster wrote: Jeffrey Smelser wrote: Hmm, I had it as a problem here.. Either way, I do know defaults should work.. Correct? No :( As you can see I have defaults in my fstab defaults should not be used with other options. defaults is just a placeholder for if you have no options. So either have _just_ defaults, _or_ noatime, notail, etc. MAL -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
no JUST DEFAULTs, take out the other crap.. ;) /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted Jeffrey Smelser wrote: Hmm, I had it as a problem here.. Either way, I do know defaults should work.. Correct? No :( As you can see I have defaults in my fstab -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted The problem is not from notail because I added it just to see if it will help in this problem :( Jeffrey Smelser wrote: That notail is your problem. changing it to defaults would be your best option.. notail is for /boot partition only.. -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted Frank Schafer wrote: Did you double-check your fstab? Yes , too many times As I said , I don't think there is any problem in my fstab because I can boot with the old kernel # fs mountpointtype opts dump/pass # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda3 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winntfs auto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy vfat noauto,defaults,umask=000,iocharset=utf80 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! none/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: none/dev/shmtmpfs defaults 0 0 Regards Frank SMS WebMaster wrote: Harald Arnesen wrote: SMS WebMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Have you compiled in support for your root filesystem (in the kernel, not as a module)? Yes I have compiled reiserfs BTW: Right now if I reboot my PC with my new kernel I got : mount: / mounted already or bad option and the system stop and ask me to type the root password and when I login with the root and type mount -o remount,rw / I got the same message mount: / mounted already or bad option but if I write mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda4 / then the root filesystem if remounted as read/write -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Dennis Freise wrote: Hi. I compiled my kernel (vanilla-sources) and everything is fine but when I reboot with my new kernel I got : * Remounting root filesystem read/write... * Root filesystem could not be mounted R/W[!!] [...] /dev/hda4 / reiserfs noatime,iocharset=utf8 0 0 Okay, this may sound stupid, but I had the same problem with reiserfs on root... it kept rejecting to mount / RW, with exactly the same errors as for you, but I was able to mount the partition RW manualy from the console. I figured out, that it failed to mount the part automaticaly (took me plenty of reboots), because I had notail in the options for the partition. Even tail didn't work, so I changed the options to defaults - surprise, it worked. I don't know why it stopped working, neither do I know why my solution works, but is does. Hope this is of _any_ help :) Greetings, Dennis -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
SMS WebMaster wrote: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Looks like you might have an incorrect (or missing) root= command in your grub (or lilo) config file. Check that it's identical to your previous kernel's. MAL -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
No I am sure there is no problem with my lilo.conf image = /boot/kernel-2.4.22 root = /dev/hda4 label = Gentoo initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22 append=root=/dev/hda4 init=/linuxrc hdc=ide-scsi image = /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r5 root = /dev/hda4 #root = /devices/discs/disc0/part3 label = Old-Gentoo initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r5 #read-only # read-only for checking append=root=/dev/hda4 init=/linuxrc hdc=ide-scsi MAL wrote: SMS WebMaster wrote: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Looks like you might have an incorrect (or missing) root= command in your grub (or lilo) config file. Check that it's identical to your previous kernel's. MAL -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list . -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
From searching google I think (not sure) the problem because I didn't enable noatime in the new kernel . The problem that I can't find this option in the kernel options !!! any help ? SMS WebMaster wrote: No I am sure there is no problem with my lilo.conf image = /boot/kernel-2.4.22 root = /dev/hda4 label = Gentoo initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22 append=root=/dev/hda4 init=/linuxrc hdc=ide-scsi image = /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r5 root = /dev/hda4 #root = /devices/discs/disc0/part3 label = Old-Gentoo initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r5 #read-only # read-only for checking append=root=/dev/hda4 init=/linuxrc hdc=ide-scsi MAL wrote: SMS WebMaster wrote: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Looks like you might have an incorrect (or missing) root= command in your grub (or lilo) config file. Check that it's identical to your previous kernel's. MAL -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list . -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
noatime is in fstab.. That doesn't make any sense to me. Using reiserfs calls for notail on the boot partition.. Thats the only know oddity I know of... -Original Message- From: SMS WebMaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 4:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted From searching google I think (not sure) the problem because I didn't enable noatime in the new kernel . The problem that I can't find this option in the kernel options !!! any help ? SMS WebMaster wrote: No I am sure there is no problem with my lilo.conf image = /boot/kernel-2.4.22 root = /dev/hda4 label = Gentoo initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22 append=root=/dev/hda4 init=/linuxrc hdc=ide-scsi image = /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r5 root = /dev/hda4 #root = /devices/discs/disc0/part3 label = Old-Gentoo initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r5 #read-only # read-only for checking append=root=/dev/hda4 init=/linuxrc hdc=ide-scsi MAL wrote: SMS WebMaster wrote: This didn't help me :( BTW: I changed the line mount / -n -o remount,ro /dev/null in /etc/init.d/checkroot to mount / -n -o remount,ro and reboot my PC so I got this message : mount: / not mounted already or bad option Any help? (Remember I can use my old kernel without any problem) Looks like you might have an incorrect (or missing) root= command in your grub (or lilo) config file. Check that it's identical to your previous kernel's. MAL -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list . -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 14:26, SMS WebMaster wrote: From searching google I think (not sure) the problem because I didn't enable noatime in the new kernel . The problem that I can't find this option in the kernel options !!! I think it goes in your /etc/fstab as an option for that filesystem, example... /dev/hda6/reiserfs noatime0 0 Jayson Garrell -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root filesystem could not be mounted
Patrick Brjesson wrote: I compiled my kernel (vanilla-sources) and everything is fine but when I reboot with my new kernel I got : * Remounting root filesystem read/write... * Root filesystem could not be mounted R/W[!!] I didn't change anything at all in my /etc/fstab file ( I can reboot with the default gentoo kernel (gentoo-sources) ) Anyhelp ? Here is my /etc/fstab [snip] /dev/hda4 / reiserfs Simple question: Do you have reiserfs-support built in the new kernel (vanilla-sources)? You can't have it as a module because modules load after the root-partition is loaded... Patrick Brjesson Yes I have reiserfs-support built in the new kernel. -- http://www.4-SMS.Com http://eShop.4-SMS.Com http://Mozilla.4-SMS.Com -*- If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem -*- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
