Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: debian-installer
I installed Kubuntu 10.04 beta 1 x86_64 on an empty partition of a
computer usually running 8.04 using the test-based installer ("Alternate
CD"). As usual I choosed ReiserFS for the root file system. Installation
went fine, I confirmed to install the new boot manager.
When rebooting, it didn't reboot, Grub 2 complained about non-existent
things (I'm sorry to have the precise error message, somehow copy the
message was difficult on a non-running system).
Using the appropriate grub commands (root, initrd, linux) I could boot
the kernel of the new system, but this went into a kernel panic. The
message was about that the root file system could not be mounted.
Doing the very same installation procedure only with Ext4 for the root
fs, everything went fine, even grub 2 works now without any tweaking.
It seems that ReiserFS is not compiled into the new kernel and Grub 2
has some problem with that situation, too. Since there might be a good
reason not to support ReiserFS fully, I consider it a bug, that the
installer did't prevent me from setting up the system onto a file system
that is not supported.
** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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ReiserFS seems unsupported for root file system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551179
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