Re: Intermittent reboots between kernel versions
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 03:13:28PM +0300, Ogulla, Alphonse wrote:
> I'm using Woody and kernel versions 2.4.18-686, 2.4.21 & 2.6.0. The
> system boots up and functions well when powering up from either of the
> 2.4 kernels but ocassionally fails to boot when changing from 2.6.0 to
> 2.4.21. In this case, the system fails to mount the root file system,
> culminating in a kernel panic.
>
> <start of error message>
> EXT2-fs: ide0(3,1): couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features
> (4).
> cramfs: wrong magic
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01
> <end of error message>
>
> I however experience no problem when changing from 2.6.0 to 2.4.18-686
> and in fact take advantage of restarting with 2.4.18-686 as a
> makeshift solution. In an attempt to find a lasting solution, I
> compiled kernel 2.6.0 again and this time enabled Ext2/3 extended
> attributes. Its been just a day since putting the new 2.6.0 version
> into service and have so far not experienced the difficulty described
> above but on the other hand I'm not so sure if indeed I've come across
> the solution for the root cause of the problem. Any ideas?
>
> Note that in getting kernel 2.6.0 to work, I had to install a newer
> version of e2fsprogs and replace modutils with module-init-tools.
> Could e2fsprogs be causing the problem?
Hmm, could this be the same problem as:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200312/msg00608.html
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