Hi all. I'm using Woody and kernel versions 2.4.18-686, 2.4.21 & 2.6.0. The system boots up and functions well when powering up from either of the 2.4 kernels but ocassionally fails to boot when changing from 2.6.0 to 2.4.21. In this case, the system fails to mount the root file system, culminating in a kernel panic.
<start of error message> EXT2-fs: ide0(3,1): couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (4). cramfs: wrong magic Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01 <end of error message> I however experience no problem when changing from 2.6.0 to 2.4.18-686 and in fact take advantage of restarting with 2.4.18-686 as a makeshift solution. In an attempt to find a lasting solution, I compiled kernel 2.6.0 again and this time enabled Ext2/3 extended attributes. Its been just a day since putting the new 2.6.0 version into service and have so far not experienced the difficulty described above but on the other hand I'm not so sure if indeed I've come across the solution for the root cause of the problem. Any ideas? Note that in getting kernel 2.6.0 to work, I had to install a newer version of e2fsprogs and replace modutils with module-init-tools. Could e2fsprogs be causing the problem? Thanks & regards -- Alphonse Ogulla Nairobi, Kenya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
