> > Why couldn't the HURD read my ext2 partition? Well, for the same reason that > GRUB 0.5.93 couldn't: I am using the latest ext2 tools under Linux and this > caused your boot disk (the one on alpha.gnu.org) with Grub 0.5.93 to not be > able to read the partition properly. This was described by Gordon in a > message about a month ago: due to incompatible updates in the ext2 tools the > new partitions created by them are not backwards compatible with older ext2 > tools. I downloaded Gordon's latest Grub 0.5.93.1, this worked flawlessly, > no more `funny' characters in the filenames! I thought no more of it, until > now. > > It would appear that the HURD or more exactly: serverboot is having the same > problem: it cannot handle the newest ext2 format and is therefore silently > dying upon accessing trying to access the partition! Note that it is NOT > ext2fs.static that is causing the problem here as we never actually get that > far. > > -Neal I downgraded to e2fsprogs to 1.12.-4 from slink, and it booted. Great!!! The system suddenly rebootet somewhere at the end of ./native-install, or as you like to call it ..//nnaattiivvee--iinnssttaallll :-), so I have something todo tonight.
After the reboot, the file system was readonly. Any idea why? Tom > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Neal Walfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] > UMass Lowell - Fox 1512 Phone: 978-934-5347 > Fax: 603-415-3645 > Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. > -- H. L. Mencken > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
