Re: Reiser support?

[Samuel Flory]

Nathan Bryant wrote:
>  
>  This same issue is bugging me too, preventing me from using arjan's 
>  kernel, but I am using ext3. I think the problem is in mkinitrd.
>  
>  I assume you see a message like "can't mount /" with an integer error 
>  code, followed by a pivot_root error.
>  
>  I don't think the problem is specific to the way arjan is building 2.6 
>  because I had the same problem with my own build of 2.5.69. So the 
>  problem is in mkinitrd or is a bug in the upstream 2.6 kernel. FWIW, I 
>  can boot 2.6 if I build it myself and link in enough modules that I 
>  don't need an initrd. 

   Install the kernel-unsupported rpm, and recreate your initrd.  The 
reiserfs module is in there.


>  
>  Ryan Nix wrote:
>  
> > Shoot, sorry.  It does say init not found.  Kernel panic:  No init 
> > found.  Try passing init- option to kernel.
> >
> > Nathan Bryant wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Better transcribe retype and repost the messages leading up to that 
> >> puppy. You are not making sense. Graphical boot (rhgb) does not start 
> >> until the kernel is already booted. Normally I would suspect that the 
> >> problem is in the mkinitrd or that arjan's test kernel doesn't ship 
> >> with a reiser module.
> >>
> >> Ryan Nix wrote:
> >>
> >>> Kernel not found.  Its during init, when the graphical boot is about 
> >>> to start, I get the kernel not found error.
> >>>
> >>> Nathan Bryant wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Unclear - you get kernel not found or init not found?
> >>>>
> >>>> Ryan Nix wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm using Reiserfs with Fedora Core 1 but when I tried to install
>
> >>>>> Arjanv's latest test 11 kernel, I get a kernel not found during 
> >>>>> boot init (during the display of Redhat release).  I used yum and 
> >>>>> the kernel is clearly installed too.  What I'm wondering is this:
>  
> >>>>> Do I need to pass a command in Grub to get this to work?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks in advance!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ryan
> >>>>>
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