Re: Intermittent reboots between kernel versions
Bill Goudie wrote:
> 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
>
> --
Looks like it. Thanks.
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