From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:27:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:27:22 -0400 Received: from post.aecom.yu.edu ([129.98.1.4]:22982 "EHLO post.aecom.yu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:27:12 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:27:30 -0400 To: vkuznet From: Maurice Volaski Subject: Re: problem with 2.4.8 and "Checking root filesystem" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Hi, >I'm trying to install kernel 2.4.8 with Alan's patches (AC) plus XFS. >I took vanilla kernel, applied all patches and build successfully >kernel. When I reboot system, kernel was loaded and on my RedHat 7.1 >booting sequence stopped at >Checking root filesystem... >and wait forever. It doesn't try to invoke fsck for root file system, >just wait for something. Reading Documentation/Changes for new kernel >I check out that have all appropriate packages (all needed vesions >of e2fsprogs, etc.) Any idea what happens and how to fix? > >System Dual PIII, SCSI disks (Adaptec AIC7xxx), root on ext2, the rest on xfs. > >I'll appreciate if you personally CC'ed the answers/comments to my Email >since I'm still not in kernel mailing list. > I am seeing the same problem on a single processor system but I am running 2.4.10 with ext3 and the kdb patch. Root happens to be ext2. -- Maurice Volaski, mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu Computing Support, Rose F. Kennedy Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University