Bug#278147: sparc32 cannot mount cdrom in d-i
clone 278147 -1
reassign 278147 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-sparc32-di
retitle -1 errors mounting cdrom as romfs
severity -1 normal
thanks
On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 01:09:14AM -0500, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> I believe that this problem happens due to the fact that the isofs.o
> module is currently not included into d-i on sparc32. The culprit is most
> likely the linux-kernel-di-sparc package (current version 0.61), which
> does not include isofs into the list of modules on sparc32, but does it
> for sparc64:
Hopefully fairly easy to fix.
> This does not explain why one gets a 'NULL pointer dereference' though.
> I was able to trace it (by matching the PC and System.map) to some
> functions, called from romfs_read_super. My (yet unconfirmed) suspicion is
> that when the fs type is not specified while mounting, kernel tries all
> filesystems in turn, looking for the correct one. So, when isofs
> filesystem driver is not available, it tries to mount the iso as romfs
> (among other things), exposing some unrelated bug in romfs code :-).
This seems to duplicate most of the symptoms. When trying to mount
the d-i cdrom as romfs on my sparcstation lx, it bombs the first time
and hangs the second. Unlike the d-i case, it contiues to hang rather
than take the system down.
I'll send the strace of these to the cloned bug.
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