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Re: xfs pre-release 0.9 on redhat 6.2

To: Mehul Vora <mehul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xfs pre-release 0.9 on redhat 6.2
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:37:06 -0600
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
References: <006601c0b5f4$5ec91ce0$3a06a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Mehul Vora wrote:
> Hii,

> i was trying to upgrade my redhat 6.2 kernel 2.2.14-12 system 
> to run kernel 2.4.0 with xfs pre-release 0.9... i could go 
> through the upgradation process (well not actually upgradation 
> cos i didnt overwrite 2.4.0 over 2.2.14-12) but then when i 
> boot using the new kernel image, it says root partition doesnt 
> contain ext2 filesystem or the superblock is corrupt and takes 
> me to maintenance prompt... interestingly, i can boot through
> using 2.2.14-12 kernel image just fine... can you advise???

How did you do the upgrade?  Did you make an initial ramdisk for the new
kernel?  The PR-0.9 kernel has both IDE and EXT2 built as modules.

You might take a look at our latest semi-formal release,
PreRelease-0.10-test2, as it has many updates since 0.9, and is based on
a 2.4.2 kernel.

-Eric

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