Bug 60679

Summary: root filesystem ext2 to ext3 transition fails with initrd for 2.4.9-31enterprise
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Robert Reynolds <rreynol>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: 7.1CC: rreynol
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Description Robert Reynolds 2002-03-04 19:41:13 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The root filesystem will only make the transition from ext2 to ext3 if I use 
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-31.img in lilo.conf, initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-
31enterprise.img will mount root as ext2.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.change lilo.conf to initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-31enterprise.img
2.lilo -v
3.reboot
	

Actual Results:  cat /proc/mounts shows root as ext2, even though /etc/fstab 
was changed and tune2fs -j was run on root

If I change lilo.con back to initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-31.img then 
cat /proc/mounts shows root as ext3

Expected Results:  root should have mounted as ext 3

Additional info:
Comment 1 Robert Reynolds 2002-03-04 19:42:01 UTC 
Created attachment 47360 [details]
/etc/fstab
Comment 2 Robert Reynolds 2002-03-04 19:44:07 UTC 
Created attachment 47361 [details]
/etc/lilo.conf
Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2002-03-05 10:29:46 UTC 
The attached lilo.conf looks correct. Is this the one before or after your
change (eg is this the one that works or the one that broke ?)
Comment 4 Robert Reynolds 2002-03-05 14:53:53 UTC 
The attached lilo.conf is the one that does NOT mount root as ext3, it is 
broken in other words.  If I reboot and use the linux-up label then root is 
mounted as ext3 but of course I lose the smp features of the kernel.
Comment 5 Arjan van de Ven 2002-03-05 15:19:15 UTC 
This looks like the initrd is corrupt. It's possible to recreate it by hand but
if you still have the kernel rpm handy it's easier to rpm -e kernel-smp-2.4.9-31
and then rpm -i it again
Comment 6 Robert Reynolds 2002-03-05 16:05:33 UTC 
Case closed, thank you for the tip.  Here is what I did:
1. rpm -e kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-31
2. rpm -ivh kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-31.i686.rpm
3. rm /boot/initrd-2.4.9-31enterprise.img
4. mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.9-31enterprise.img 2.4.9-31enterprise
5. lilo -v
6. reboot and root was mounted as ext3

Upon reflection, I may have initially been careless in mkinitrd and created the
image with 2.4.9-31 instead of 2.4.9-31enterprise.

In any case it works now and I appreciate your help.
Comment 7 Arjan van de Ven 2002-03-05 16:08:43 UTC 
Note that rpm -i is *supposed* to make the proper initrd for you already ;)