On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 23:15 -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Georg Wittig wrote: > > kernel-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 doesn't boot when I use the mount option > > "relatime" for the root filesystem in /etc/fstab. It complains about > > an unknown mount option when trying to mount the root filesystem. > > Finally booting stops with kernel panic. > > > > kernel-2.6.23.1-10.fc7 works fine. > > Does https://bugzilla.redhat.com/296361 (nash mount should support > relatime) shed any light on the problem you're having? Particularly > this comment[1]: > > Comment #4 From Stu Tomlinson on 2007-10-30 21:40 EST > > This is not directly dependent on kernel version, but on the mount > options specified in /etc/fstab *at the time a kernel update is > installed*. > > I now know that relatime is actually the default now, so anyone > encountering this can remove relatime from their /etc/fstab and > rebuild the initrd for their kernel to avoid this bug (I still > think the patch should be applied for safety), and still have / > mounted using relatime. > > To rebuild your initrd you can run: > /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.6.23.1-10 > after removing the relatime flag from /etc/fstab. (This is > probably an overkill way of rebuilding the initrd, it may be > sufficient to run: > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.1-10.fc7.img 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 > but I know the 1st command is what kernel rpm installs use). Make sure you specify the "-f" flag to mkinitrd if you don't delete the old initrd image first. > > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=296361#c4 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
