OK, some feedback for the slackware devs out there. I was trying to test a nagios Slackbuild package that I built on 12.1 to see if it works OK on 12.2rc1 I'm using virtualbox 2.0.6 on Windows to host the Slack machine.
- I installed 12.1 from scratch. Made no kernel changes (left huge in place)
- built an iso from slack-current as of Sunday eve (12/7).
- Ran the first three steps of the upgrade
Code:
upgradepkg /root/slackware/a/glibc-solibs-*.tgz
upgradepkg /root/slackware/a/pkgtools-*.tgz
#!/bin/sh
for dir in a ap d f k kde l n tcl x xap y ; do
( cd $dir ; upgradepkg --install-new *.tgz )
done
I reran lilo and restarted. Now when it boots I get an message similar to:
Checking root filesystem
fsck 1.41.3
e2fsck: no such file or directory trying to open /dev/hda1.
The superblock could not be read...
It will allow me to login as root to "fix" the problem.
Its an ext3 filesystem and I've mounted it under a 12.1 install cd boot and run fsck and it reports clean.
If I try to run e2fsck -b 32786 /dev/hda1 (which it suggests as a possible fix) I'm told the device is busy (which makes no sense to me since it is unmounted)
FWIW, I've run Slack 12.1 in a VBOX virtual for months without problems.
What other information can I offer to assist with this?