The hdd2 partition is not an extended partition, it is a logical linux
type 83.
By the way, 2.3.99-pre7-5 boots ok, 2.3.99-pre10-2 does not.
On 25 May 2000, at 16:03, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 09:26:23AM -0400, auggie@3web.net wrote:
>
> > 2.3.99-pre7-5 runs ok, however, with 2.3.99-pre10-2, even though it
> > compiles without incident, it fails on boot with the following
> > messages:
> > kmem_create: Forcing size word alignment - nfs.fh
> > attempt to access beyond end of device
> > 16:42: rw=0, want=2, limit=1
> > EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
> > Invalid session number or type of track
> > Invalid session number
> > attempt to access beyond end of device
> > 16:42: rw=0, want=33, limit=1
> > isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:42, iso_blknum=16,block=32
> > Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs on 16:42
> >
> > Has anyone else encountered this problem?
>
> This is typically what one would get if the kernel
> wants to boot from /dev/hdd2 where /dev/hdd2 is
> not a logical partition but an extended partition.
>
> Check your "Partition check:"
>
> Andries
>
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