Hi there!
I have a IBM ThinkPad t43 running Fedora Core Linux 4 and kernel
2.6.12-1.146_FC4. I recompiled the kernel (2.6.13.4 - kernel.org) and I
am geting the following message when the computer boots:
Creating root device
mkrootdev: label / not found
Mounting root filesystem
mount: error 2 mouting ext3
Switchimg to new root
ERROR opening /dev/console!!!!: 2
switchroot: mount failed: 22
Kernel Panic - not syncing to kill init!
I added the fdisk command to the initrd file and the init script
executes it every boot to check if the kernel was recognizing the SATA
disk. All partitions are listed in the boot process and the disk is
recognized without problems, but the kernel still not able to mount the
root partition:
scsi0: ata_piix
...
...
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1913 15361888+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 6778 7296 4165560 12 Compaq diagnostics
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 1914 1929 128520 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 1930 6777 38941560 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1930 2843 7341673+ 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda6 2844 3235 3148708+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 3236 6777 28451083+ b W95 FAT32
Partition table entries are not in disk order
I also checked the initrd file and all seems ok.
Thinks I made:
- compiled the kernel with ext3 modular support;
- compiled the kernel with ext3 built-in support;
- checked the modules loaded in the initrd;
- rebuilded and customized the initrd;
- checked if the SATA controller is recognized at boot time;
- tested fstab with and without "LABEL" partition name.
Any idea?
Related Files:
/etc/fstab:
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/sda6 / ext3
defaults 1 1
#LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
#LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/sda3 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VG00/usr /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/VG00/var /var ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/VG00/swap swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda7 /mnt/windows vfat user,defaults 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto
pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/boot/grub/menu.lst
title Fedora Core (2.6.13-4)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.13.4-ext3 ro root=LABEL=/ hda=noprobe 1
initrd /initrd-2.6.13.4-ext3.img
*** I tested the root=LABEL=/ and root=/dev/sda6 kernel comand options.
Initrd file contents:
./sbin
./loopfs
./proc
./init
./sysroot
./bin
./bin/hotplug
./bin/nash
./bin/udev
./bin/fdisk
./bin/insmod
./bin/udevstart
./bin/modprobe
./dev
./dev/tty3
./dev/tty4
./dev/tty1
./dev/console
./dev/tty2
./dev/null
./dev/ram
./dev/systty
./sys
./lib
./lib/libc.so.6
./lib/ld-2.3.5.so
./lib/scsi_mod.ko
./lib/ld-linux.so.2
./lib/sd_mod.ko
./lib/libc-2.3.5.so
./lib/dm-mod.ko
./lib/ata_piix.ko
./lib/libata.ko
./etc
./etc/udev
./etc/udev/udev.conf
/init initrd file:
#!/bin/nash
mount -t proc /proc /proc
setquiet
echo Mounted /proc filesystem
echo Mounting sysfs
mount -t sysfs /sys /sys
echo Creating /dev
mount -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs /dev /dev
mknod /dev/console c 5 1
mknod /dev/null c 1 3
mknod /dev/zero c 1 5
mkdir /dev/pts
mkdir /dev/shm
echo Starting udev
/sbin/udevstart
echo -n "/sbin/hotplug" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
echo "Loading scsi_mod.ko module"
insmod /lib/scsi_mod.ko
echo "Loading sd_mod.ko module"
insmod /lib/sd_mod.ko
echo "Loading libata.ko module"
insmod /lib/libata.ko
echo "Loading ata_piix.ko module"
insmod /lib/ata_piix.ko
echo "Loading dm-mod.ko module"
insmod /lib/dm-mod.ko
sleep 10
/sbin/fdisk -l
sleep 10
/sbin/udevstart
echo Creating root device
mkrootdev /dev/root
echo Mounting root filesystem
mount -o defaults --ro -t ext3 /dev/root /sysroot
echo Switching to new root
switchroot --movedev /sysroot
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