New install, filesystem problem
Hi. I'm posting here after I have googled much with little success. I installed gentoo linux (kernel-2.6.27-r8) last night on my Acer Aspire 5672 and everything seemed fine. The only problem I had was when configuring grub, I put hda instead of sda. When I was initially partitioning my drive, fdisk -l showed all my partitions as hda, but later it changed to sda, and grub would only work when I used sda. Note that my fstab was configured under hda as well (perhaps that's why it's not working..). I never really understood why it kept switching between the two, and I would like to.
But my problem is this: When I boot, I get the following error: Code:
* Checking root filesystem ... Note that in the error it mentions an ext2 filesystem, which I find strange because both my root and boot partitions are ext3. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, zpr |
ext3 basically *is* ext2 with Journals, so not so strange at all.
Your best bet is to boot up a rescue disc, such as Knoppix, or a live cd, and then make the changes. |
That did it, it was the fstab. Thanks a bunch! :)
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Solution
All the above is good information except insofar as it is not entirely clear.
For an installation of Linux on a Sparc machine the following works. Lets assume the installation has gone without a hitch until it comes time to beet for the first time when you get: Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): What to do is enter the password and reboot. Stop a boot cdrom rescue When you can get your filesystem to /mnt/sysimage go ahead and edit fstab. All you need to do is change the 1 1 or 1 2 at the end of the line to 0 0 on any lines where you see it. Reboot and your system will now boot properly. :-) Peter |
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