2.6.10-1.12_FC2 kernel

[Paul Howarth]

John Logsdon wrote:
> I have just yummed updated my FC2 installation and moved from 2.6.5-1.358
> to 2.6.10-1.12_FC2.  Except it barfs when I boot with a kernel panic.
> 
> The cause is that I have /boot formatted as reiserfs and, unlike the
> earlier kernel, it tries to mount /boot as ext2.  I guess reiserfs is
> set as a module rather than compiled into the kernel.
> 
> Apart from copying /boot over, remaking the filesystem and copying it back
> - or recompiling the kernel - what kernel parameters should I give to
> ensure that the kernel will load reiserfs before trying to mount /boot?
> I have tried simply adding reiserfs to the kernel line in grub but this
> doesn't work.  I can't get the module command to work - the module is on a
> non-boot partition that is also reiser and since it hasn't loaded reiser,
> it can't find it.
> 
> Any clues?

Have you tried rebuilding your initrd with reiserfs support?

# mkinitrd -v --with=reiserfs /boot/initrd-2.6.10-1.12_FC2.img 
2.6.10-1.12_FC2

Paul.
(also in Manchester UK)