-
No root file system (but system works)
Hi,
I've just done a knx-hdinstall on a Dell Inspiron 4000, and I haven't had much trouble. Most everything works. However, I've been attempting to install a newer kernel, because I want to add the preemptive multitasking kernel patch, and I've noticed something very odd.
mount reports three filesystems: proc, devpts, and usbdevfs. There's no root filesystem, even though there obviously is, as the system works beautifully. The new kernel kernel panics with root filesystem problems, but the original knoppix kernel works fine.
Now, I've also noticed that every time I reboot it mounts proc again, so I get multiple lines in mount of none on /proc type proc (rw).
I've tried mounting /dev/hda5 which is the linux partition, I've tried removing proc and remounting remount,ro /dev/hda5, and all sorts of other things, but nothing works. I mounted /dev/hda5 in /mnt/hda5 (recursive? nah...) and chrooted into it, and got a good / and when I exited was able to umount /proc, which was interesting...not having anything appear when you type mount...=)
Running lilo, using initrd, used make oldconfig and make-kpkg to make the new kernel (from apt-get kernel-source-2.4.20). I think that's all.
Any ideas?
Jeff
-
Senior Member
registered user
What date-release of 3.1 are you using? IIRC only the latest or latest two date-releases have mtab fixed so it is "proper" or somewhat proper on a hd install. I think I'm now running 1/1/2003 on my hard drive and the df output is a little goofed up but usable. On my November date-release install I linked /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts and at least was able to see the root filesystem with df. You might look into the FAQ regarding df.
HTH
rock
Similar Threads
-
By rrfish72 in forum General Support
Replies: 12
Last Post: 09-19-2004, 09:46 PM
-
By b0b-0001 in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 6
Last Post: 04-07-2004, 05:56 AM
-
By Drewby in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 2
Last Post: 11-03-2003, 06:54 PM
-
By teagab in forum General Support
Replies: 0
Last Post: 10-04-2003, 02:34 PM
-
By WANDr in forum Hardware & Booting
Replies: 1
Last Post: 03-13-2003, 01:51 AM
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
ORICO 5 Bay Raid Hard Drive Enclosure USB C, 3.5” SATA HDD, Up To 80TB, NS500RC3
$139.99
ORICO Multi Bay RAID Hard Drive Enclosure USB 3.0/ Type-C For 2.5/3.5'' HDD SSDs
$191.99
Lacie 2big 6TB Raid External Drive Mac Thunderbolt 2 & USB Excellent Condition
$145.00
Yottamaster 5 Bay RAID Hard Drive Enclosure Type-C B For 2.5" 3.5" SATA HDD SSDs
$140.99
Dell PERC H330 PCIe 3.0 x8 RAID Storage Controller 4Y5H1 High Profile
$13.99
9207-8i PCIE3.0 6Gbps HBA LSI FW:P20 IT Mode ZFS FreeNAS unRAID 2* SFF-8087 US
$32.88
LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i 12Gbps PCIe 3 x8 SATA SAS 3 8 Port RAID + BBU & CacheVault
$39.00
ACASIS 2.5/3.5 inch 2 Bay SATA USB 3.0 Hard Drive Disk HDD SSD Enclosure 4 RAID
$51.60
5 Bay RAID Hard Drive Enclosure USB3.1 TypeC for 2.5" 3.5" SATA HDD SSD - New
$59.99
OWC Guardian Maximus Raid Enclosure SATA Hard Drive FireWire
$36.99