Bug 60679 – root filesystem ext2 to ext3 transition fails with initrd for 2.4.9-31enterprise

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Bug 60679 - root filesystem ext2 to ext3 transition fails with initrd for 2.4.9-31enterprise

Summary:	root filesystem ext2 to ext3 transition fails with initrd for 2.4.9-31enterprise

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i686 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2002-03-04 14:41 EST by Robert Reynolds
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:40 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2002-03-05 10:19:22 EST
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/etc/fstab (842 bytes, text/plain) 2002-03-04 14:42 EST, Robert Reynolds	no flags	Details
/etc/lilo.conf (1.06 KB, text/plain) 2002-03-04 14:44 EST, Robert Reynolds	no flags	Details
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Description Robert Reynolds 2002-03-04 14:41:13 EST

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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 14:42:01 EST

Created attachment 47360 [details]
/etc/fstab

Comment 2 Robert Reynolds 2002-03-04 14:44:07 EST

Created attachment 47361 [details]
/etc/lilo.conf

Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2002-03-05 05:29:46 EST

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 09:53:53 EST

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 10:19:15 EST

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 11:05:33 EST

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 11:08:43 EST

Note that rpm -i is *supposed* to make the proper initrd for you already ;)

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