2.6.0-test3 _still_ cannot mount root fs

[jeff millar]

Redhat's 2.4.20 will boot with root=/dev/hda3 pointing to an ext3
filesystem, without an initrd, with the following message

   ext2fs warning (device IDE0(3,3) )  ext2_read_super: mounting ext3
filesystem as ext2
   VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly

So I assumed that 2.6.0-test3 will also work with ext3 compiled as a module.
I tried the various suggestions root=/dev/hda3, root=0303, root=03:03
without any luck.

I then tested a suggestion that ext3 should get compiled in but get the same
results

> > > ============================================
> > > Case 2: grub, no initrd, kernel=/vmlinux-2.6.0-test3 ro root=/dev/hda3
> > >
> > > ...stuff scrolled off the screen...
> > > check >hda3<
> > > check <hda3< (<31)
> > > try_name() I
> > > try_name() >hda3<,0
> > > open > /dys/block/hda3/dev< = -1
> > > fail
> > > strtoul >3< -> 3
> > > try_name() II
> > > try_name hda < 3
> > > open >/sys/block/hda/dev< = 0
> > > read 0[32]=>3:0
> > > 5^(4)
> > > buf: >3:0<
> > > mkdev(3,0) -> 768
> > > open2 >/sys/block/hda/range< = 0
> > > read2 0[32] => 764
> > > < (3)
> > > buf: >64<
> > > strtoul >64< -> 64
> > > name to dev_t() done
> > > VFS: cannot open root dev "hda3" or hda3

Herbert's debug patch produced the same messages with ext3 compiled in.

Any suggestions for what to try next?

jeff

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/