Repost :umount: /initrd: not mounted

Christoph Wickert christoph.wickert at web.de
Sun Jan 18 23:04:08 UTC 2004


Am So, den 18.01.2004 schrieb David Jackson um 23:02:
> This was posted a day or so ago, and I've run out of question and answers
> for poster.
> 
> Any ideas the systems thinks /initrd is mount? His /etc/fstab didn't have
> it defined?
> 
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> > # cat /etc/grub.conf
> > # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> > #
> > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
> > file
> > # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
> > #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> > #          root (hd0,1)
> > #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
> > #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> > #boot=/dev/hda
> > default=0
> > timeout=10
> > splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2149.nptl)
> >         root (hd0,1)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
> > rhgb
> >         initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl.img
> > title Windows XP
> >         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> >         chainloader +1
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 13:21, Raghu Vadapalli wrote:
> >> post your /etc/grub/grub.conf or lilo.conf if you can
> >>
> >> On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 13:25, Y. Makki wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > These messages show up when the pc boots, been like that since I
> >> > installed, any ideas where I should look to figure this one out?
> >> >
> >> >                 Welcome to Fedora Core
> >> >                 Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.
> >> > umount2: Invalid argument
> >> > umount: /initrd: not mounted
> >> > umount2: Invalid argument
> >> > umount: /initrd: not mounted

Actually I don't think this is a problem of initrd (at least I don't see
an error in the config) but of rhgb. Execute rhgb (as root) when the
system is running, you'll get this error message.

Christoph





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