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BlackEdder
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Well after changing it to yes you will have to recompile your kernel and reboot.. after that I think it should be fine
This meant that you had the filesystem compiled as module, this module will only be loaded after mounting the root filesystem, causing the kernel to use ext2 instead of ext3. |
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nixnut
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Post you lilo.conf please
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Danger2k
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BlackEdder, I have recompiled the kernel with genkernel all and no change.. still have the same problem.
nixnut there is my lilo.conf
| Code: | # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/lilo/files/lilo.conf,v 1.4 2003/07/17 21:10:26 azarah Exp $
# Author: Ultanium
#
# Start LILO global section
#
# Faster, but won't work on all systems:
#compact
# Should work for most systems, and do not have the sector limit:
lba32
# If lba32 do not work, use linear:
#linear
# MBR to install LILO to:
boot = /dev/hdb
map = /boot/.map
# If you are having problems booting from a hardware raid-array
# or have a unusual setup, try this:
#disk=/dev/ataraid/disc0/disc bios=0x80 # see this as the first BIOS disk
#disk=/dev/sda bios=0x81 # see this as the second BIOS disk
#disk=/dev/hda bios=0x82 # see this as the third BIOS disk
# Here you can select the secondary loader to install. A few
# examples is:
#
# boot-text.b
# boot-menu.b
# boot-bmp.b
#
install = /boot/boot-menu.b # Note that for lilo-22.5.5 or later you
# do not need boot-{text,menu,bmp}.b in
# /boot, as they are linked into the lilo
# binary.
menu-scheme=Wb
prompt
# If you always want to see the prompt with a 15 second timeout:
#timeout=150
delay = 50
# Normal VGA console
vga = normal
# VESA console with size 1024x768x16:
#vga = 791
#
# End LILO global section
#
#
# Linux bootable partition config begins
#
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.25-gentoo-r1
root = /dev/hdb6
#root = /devices/discs/disc0/part3
label = Gentoo
read-only # read-only for checking
#
# Linux bootable partition config ends
#
#
# DOS bootable partition config begins
#
other = /dev/hdb1
#other = /devices/discs/disc0/part1
label = Windows
table = /dev/hdb
#
# DOS bootable partition config ends
# |
but i really wan a fix my filesystem problem... tried some things with BlackEdder, but no result yet. BlackEdder or nixnut you guys have some other idees |
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BlackEdder
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Well I think if you rerun genkernel it will overwrite .config again with the default config.. so you probably need to do genkernel --menuconfigure,
then go to filesystems and make sure ext3 is marked with a [*], not a [M] and ofcourz make sure you copy your kernel image to /boot and after that run lilo to update your mbr with the new kernel |
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Danger2k
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| ok i'll try genkernel --menuconfigure all |
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Danger2k
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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nah.. I' have change [M] Journaling ext3 file system in the menu config for [*] but the same problem and mssage shows up..  lol really don't know what else we could do.. |
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Danger2k
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| Someone have another idea?? |
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Danger2k
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Ok let me resume, because I really need help or else I'm stick with windows.
When i boot my system a warning show up at the end and says:
| Code: | fsck.ext2: Is a directory while trying to open //:
The superblock could not be read an does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem( and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
Xfilesystem couldn't be fixed :( [!!]
Give aroot password for maintenance
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But my partition is int ext3 not ext2. If i do | Code: | | mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb6 /mnt/gentoo |
it works fine. So besides that i don't know. SO if someone could help me fix this...I would be very pleased. |
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BlackEdder
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Ok so after booting and mounting the root filesystem (manually) what's the output of lsmod??
and could you post the precise content of your /etc/fstab file |
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nixnut
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| Danger2k wrote: | | but i really wan a fix my filesystem problem... tried some things with BlackEdder, but no result yet. BlackEdder or nixnut you guys have some other idees |
You can mount the partition manually when you use the livecd so the filesystem is ok. You would get an error message if there was something wrong with it. So the problem is with the kernel you build with genkernel. Genkernel also creates an initrd. I did not see an entry for this in your lilo.conf. You could try adding that.
Or you may want to try a manual compile and try booting that kernel.
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To add the initrd:
image=/boot/gentoo
label=Gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/ram0
append="init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda8"
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.??
and rerun lilo to update de mbr |
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BlackEdder
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To add the initrd:
image=/boot/gentoo
label=Gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/ram0
append="init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda8"
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.?? |
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Danger2k
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I added what you said in the lilo.conf file but nothing
If you guys wanted to see my fstab file there it is:
| Code: | # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/fstab,v 1.12 2003/03/11 02:50:53 azarah Exp $
#
# noatime turns of atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't
# needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage
# efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to
# switch between notail and tail freely.
# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>
# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hdb6 /boot ext2 noatime 1 1
#/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/hdb7 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
# use almost no memory if not populated with files)
# Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this:
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 |
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furkan
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#/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 0
change to
/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 0
and look again if it works 
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but it won't work because it is an kernel panic and fstab does nothing on it
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One problem I can see with your lilo.conf is the line that says
According to your /etc/fstab file that is your /boot partition, and it needs to be where / is mounted instead.
Another problem is that you haven't mounted a / in your /etc/fstab file, which is fairly (absolutely?!) necessary!
(Also make sure /dev/hda3 is what you actually want to mount as your / partition when following the above posts!)
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Danger2k
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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root = /dev/hdb6 is my boot and my / partitions . did it on purpose
don't wanted to do a boot partiton, a swap partition and a principal partition.
Why? because when i tried to do a fdisk /dev/hdb and create a principal partition they only let me choose between 1-4 , and i needed my fith partition. |
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nixnut
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Danger2k wrote: | root = /dev/hdb6 is my boot and my / partitions . did it on purpose
don't wanted to do a boot partiton, a swap partition and a principal partition.
Why? because when i tried to do a fdisk /dev/hdb and create a principal partition they only let me choose between 1-4 , and i needed my fith partition. |
Yes, primairy partitions can only be 1-4, logical partitions can be 5-63 and can only be created in an extended partition. Your root partition can be any primary or logical partition.
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Danger2k
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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yes, indeed. I was just responding to Maedhros.
But still can't solve my problem. You think the problem is how iv created my partitions?? |
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nixnut
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Danger2k wrote: | | root = /dev/hdb6 is my boot and my / partitions . did it on purpose |
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# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hdb6 /boot ext2 noatime 1 1
#/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 0 |
Ok, in that case change /dev/hdb6 /boot in /dev/hdb6 /
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Problem solved 
Changed | Code: | | /dev/hdb6 /boot ext2 noatime 1 1 |
to | Code: | | /dev/hdb6 / ext2 noatime 1 1 |
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Danger2k
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| And now guys can you tell me how to configure my X manager? I can't startx, and I forgot how to configure it. I'm using fluxbox... |
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nixnut
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| Danger2k wrote: | | And now guys can you tell me how to configure my X manager? I can't startx, and I forgot how to configure it. I'm using fluxbox... |
Try searching the forums first. Look in the forum Desktop Environments. My guess is you still need to run xf86config to create a config file for X.
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