Did you post it as a problem? thanks for confirming! -- Gary On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:35 AM, gary artim <gartim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi -- > > Last night I added to all my ext3 filesystem relatime, replacing noatime. > I never remount the filesystems (my error). I then ran: > 'yum update', and it installed a new kernel and initrd, > 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64. From then on when I tried to boot I got: > > ext3-fs: Unrecognized mount option 'relatime or missing value, > mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysrout as ext3: invalid Argument. > > I booted knoppix, mount my fs, changed fstab,mtab, sync sync and > it kept complaining about relatime. Then I stumbled on a link saying > the relatime > is passed automatically by the kernel or ? (it was late, head sore > from banging it) > > I rebooted the old kernel/initrd and it came up. I catted /proc/mounts and > it showed relatime as a option, checked /etc/fstab /etc/mtab and they all > have noatime (with relatime removed -- verifying my knoppix routine worked). > > Can anyone explain this? I'd like to be able to go forward with > 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64. > I think (no proof) that the install of the kernel removed something (?) needed > for ext3 fs to mount cleanly, thanks for any help! > > -- Gary > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines