Re: root ext3 filesystem being mounted as ext2

[Paul Yeatman <pyeatman@ucsd.edu>]

Hi,

Thanks for this.  I am familiar with initrd images but never understood
their purpose.  Now I do :)  This indeed was the problem: apparently
the kernel did not have ext3 compiled into it nor did this particular
system have an initrd to load the ext3 module before mounting the root
file system.  A

	mkinitrd initrd-2.4.20-20.8 2.4.20-20.8
	
solved the problem.  Thanks alot!

Paul

->>In response to your message<<-
  --received from Alexander Rink--
>
> I remember that i had the same problem when using ext3fs as a module and no 
> initrd. This is because the kernel can only load the ext3 module AFTER  the 
> root partition is mounted and the only way to mount it is using ext2 
> (compatibility). Without the compabilitiy you wouldnt be able to mount your 
> root partition in this case. Just compile ext3fs into your kernel (doesnt 
> make sense to make a initrd just containing a module u need for your root 
> partition). Hope this helps...
> 
> Greetings
> Alex
> 
> 
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