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Old 03-18-2012, 09:34 PM   #1
Ben Briedis
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Custom kernel won't mount eSata


Hi -

I've been compiling a custom kernel with the "rt" patch and I think I've missed a setting in the configuration or something. As a result my external drive isn't mounting.

Under my custom kernel (3.2.9-rt17) if I try:
Code:
mount -t ext3 -o rw,noatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=ordered /dev/sdb1 /mnt/esata
I get:
Code:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so
syslog doesn't say much:
Code:
   Mar 19 11:50:12 ben-laptop kernel: [ 2892.877265] EXT3-fs (sdb1): error: can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sdb1.
Trying
Code:
dumpe2fs /dev/sdb1
though gives:
Code:
   dumpe2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
   dumpe2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdb1
   Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
Some extra facts:
  • I can reformat the drive in the custom kernel and mount and umount it fine, but after I reboot the drive it is no longer accessible via the custom kernel. It is accessible via the Ubuntu kernel though.
  • I get the same behaviour when formatting with "ext4"
  • The internal harddrive, also ext3, mounts fine so long as I include initramfs.

Here's an extract from lshw to give an idea of the setup:
Code:
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:42 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:d8000000-d9ffffff ioport:d2000000(size=33554432)
           *-storage
                description: SATA controller
                product: JMB360 AHCI Controller
                vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: scsi2
                version: 03
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: storage pm pciexpress ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
                configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
                resources: irq:17 ioport:3010(size=8) ioport:3020(size=4) ioport:3018(size=8) ioport:3024(size=4) ioport:3000(size=16) memory:d8000000-d8001fff
              *-disk
                   description: ATA Disk
                   product: ST1000DM003-9YN1
                   vendor: Seagate
                   physical id: 0.0.0
                   bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
                   logical name: /dev/sdb
                   version: CC46
                   serial: W1D036NR
                   size: 931GiB (1TB)
                   capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
                   configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=e1ee5971-bfbd-494e-ab17-83f3c22504ff
                 *-volume UNCLAIMED
                      description: EXT3 volume
                      vendor: Linux
                      physical id: 1
                      bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
                      version: 1.0
                      serial: 5b512ab6-a53f-48e7-9e2c-13c99f5f04bc
                      size: 931GiB
                      capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files ext3 ext2 initialized
                      configuration: created=2012-03-19 00:33:47 filesystem=ext3 modified=2012-03-19 11:01:05 mounted=2012-03-19 11:00:50 state=clean
Here's my config: http://pastebin.com/Y3qPQUWi

Anyone have any ideas?

Last edited by Ben Briedis; 03-22-2012 at 07:19 AM. Reason: Solved
 
Old 03-22-2012, 07:17 AM   #2
Ben Briedis
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[Solved] Custom kernel won't mount eSata Reply to Thread

Found it under
File systems > Partition Types > EFI GUID Partition Support (CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION)

Google didn't help, so I had to use a binary search - compiling over and over and eliminating half the options each of the time.

It should be possible to have an online database that takes a description of your hardware (eg as provided by lshw) and produces a custom .config file...
 
  


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