On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:45:17 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Manuel Bilderbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> So, I took my older (Woody-beta) installation cd and booted with > >> "rescue root=/dev/hda6". Also, this didn't work out: again a kernel > >> panic, because it can't mount the root fs... This time there was > >> some error about "unsupported optional features". > > > > Any idea about this then? > > It means that your rescue floppy does not support ext3. ext3 > filesystems requiring a journal recovery cannot be mounted as ext2. ..I lost you here, _I_ mounted my ext3 /var as ext2 upon a dead journal. ..if OP has a problem getting his box going with ext3 because of cooked journals, he should try ext2 read-only first, to see WTF is going on. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]