Reiser support?

[Samuel Flory]

Nathan Bryant wrote:
> 
> This same issue is bugging me too, preventing me from using arjan's 
> kernel, but I am using ext3. I think the problem is in mkinitrd.
> 
> I assume you see a message like "can't mount /" with an integer error 
> code, followed by a pivot_root error.
> 
> I don't think the problem is specific to the way arjan is building 2.6 
> because I had the same problem with my own build of 2.5.69. So the 
> problem is in mkinitrd or is a bug in the upstream 2.6 kernel. FWIW, I 
> can boot 2.6 if I build it myself and link in enough modules that I 
> don't need an initrd.


   Install the kernel-unsupported rpm, and recreate your initrd.  The 
reiserfs module is in there.


> 
> Ryan Nix wrote:
> 
>> Shoot, sorry.  It does say init not found.  Kernel panic:  No init 
>> found.  Try passing init- option to kernel.
>>
>> Nathan Bryant wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Better transcribe retype and repost the messages leading up to that 
>>> puppy. You are not making sense. Graphical boot (rhgb) does not start 
>>> until the kernel is already booted. Normally I would suspect that the 
>>> problem is in the mkinitrd or that arjan's test kernel doesn't ship 
>>> with a reiser module.
>>>
>>> Ryan Nix wrote:
>>>
>>>> Kernel not found.  Its during init, when the graphical boot is about 
>>>> to start, I get the kernel not found error.
>>>>
>>>> Nathan Bryant wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Unclear - you get kernel not found or init not found?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ryan Nix wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using Reiserfs with Fedora Core 1 but when I tried to install 
>>>>>> Arjanv's latest test 11 kernel, I get a kernel not found during 
>>>>>> boot init (during the display of Redhat release).  I used yum and 
>>>>>> the kernel is clearly installed too.  What I'm wondering is this:  
>>>>>> Do I need to pass a command in Grub to get this to work?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ryan
>>>>>>
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