FC3 SMP builds do NOT contain ext3 drivers in the build!!!!
Robin Bowes
robin-gmane at robinbowes.com
Thu Dec 2 19:15:19 UTC 2004
Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 06:48:00PM +0000, Robin Bowes wrote:
>
>>I can confirm the same problem.
>>
>>kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 (stock FC3) and kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.681_FC3
>>(latest update) won't boot on my SMP system with root on /dev/md0.
>
>
> That's not the same problem. Your issue is trying to boot off of a
> software raid volume and that's not the same as a plain old ext3 volume
> at all.
>
> Remember that ext3 volumes will mount as ext2. You just won't have the
> journal. And yes, I have tested this.
OK, let me re-phrase that.
I've got the same symptoms.
My smp kernels won't boot; my single processor kernel will.
I was running FC2 with the smp kernel booting off /dev/md0 fine.
FC3 with the single-processor kernel boots off /dev/md0 fine.
Any suggestions as to what could be the problem?
R.
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