Sorry to bother you again, but is there nobody out there running Mandrake able to give me some pointers or answers so that new and old kernels can boot in the mdk9.1beta environment??
Eg. looking at the thread entitled: "First 9.1beta *not* frustrating experience" there seems to be problems with lilo booting. This is exactly the case for me. EXT2 does not boot and EXT3 is not even tried by the kernels/lilo... Please help... Which packages to change for a _downgrade_ to 9.0 or lower or what to do to boot the new 9.1beta: scrap lilo and go for grub or ... Thanks, Svante PS: Thank you to the people who already have replied, your help is appreciated. Svante Signell writes: > Hello, > > I have been following the cooker development for some time now > regularly upgrading. However, due to different reasons the upgrading > was halted for the last half year. When starting the upgrade again in > December from a situation around some time before 9.0 and halfway > through I got stuck. No kernels boot any longer, the following message > is displayed: > > EXT2-fs: ide0(3,65): couldn't mount beacuse of unsupported optional features (4). > Kernel panic: VFS: unbootable mount root fs on 03:41. > > I have been able to mount the partitions (including /) using rescue > mode kernels with ext3 fs, both for 8.1 and 9.0 CD's. All partitions > have been checked and I can use chroot to simulate my system. Also the > zip drive can be mounted so upgrading using packages from 8.1, 9.0 > using CD and the cooker directory using the zip drive have been > attempted. No success so far :-( > > The problem is that the kernel tries to mount the partitions in EXT2 > mode and some features does not seem to be backwards > compatible... Also mounting in EXT2 mode for the 8.1 CD using the > 2.4.8 kernel gives the same error message as above. The /etc/modules > file consist of the following entries: > > ext3 (no difference without) > ide-floppy (for the zip) > > but the boot process does not come far enough for this file to be read... > > A couple of questions: > > 1. Which is the minimal list of packages needed for a succesful boot? > > 2. depmod -a for the wanted kernels result in a lot of unresolved > symbols. Does this have any effect on the problems to boot the root > partition. Following the boot process on other boxes it seems that > depmod is run _after_ root is mounted, meaning that having correct > dependencies are not so important _before_ the root partiion is > mounted. > > 3. Which boot scripts are executed up to mounting of the partitions > given in fstab, which packages contain these scripts and which > configuration files are needed? > > 4. Is support for ext2 compiled in and ext3 is a module for kernels > 2.4.18-16,-18, 2.4.20-2? How to get the ext3 module loaded correctly?? > > 5. How do you most easily switch between lilo and grub (not using any > *Drake tools)? > > Packages installed (partial list): > SysVinit-2.84-1mdk.i586.rpm lilo-22.3.4-1mdk.i586.rpm > basesystem-9.0-3mdk.i586.rpm bash-2.05b-11mdk.i586.rpm > e2fsprogs-1.32-2mdk.i586.rpm modutils-2.4.22-3mdk.i586.rpm > glibc-2.3.1-6mdk.i586.rpm mount-2.11x-2mdk.i586.rpm > glibc-profile-2.3.1-6mdk.i586.rpm nscd-2.3.1-6mdk.i586.rpm > initscripts-6.91-18mdk.i586.rpm setup-2.2.0-33mdk.i586.rpm > ldconfig-2.3.1-6mdk.i586.rpm timezone-2.3.1-6mdk.i586.rpm > libext2fs2-1.32-2mdk.i586.rpm util-linux-2.11x-2mdk.i586.rpm > libext2fs2-devel-1.32-2mdk.i586.rpm zlib1-1.1.4-3mdk.i586.rpm > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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