Ext3 users - Feb 2002 - ext3 mount problem after upgrading kernel

Hi,

I use RH 7.2 (the download version) with kernel 2.4.9-13 (upgraded by 
using the Up2date program). Today i used Up2date (version 2.7.11) to 
upgrade to 2.4.9-21 (kernel, headers and source). I get the following 
error while the new kernel is booting:

EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
mount: error 22 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2

Of course this leads to kernel panic a few steps later since the init 
program cant be found.

I have never had any problems mounting ext3 filesystems earlier, not 
with the standard kernel in the original download version of RH 7.2, or 
with the previous kernel upgrade of RH 7.2 (to 2.4.9-13).

Not that i think it matters in this case, but i supply the information 
anyway: I use a Dell Dimension 8100 system with a Maxtor 40GB IDE disk. 
When the kernel probes it during boot, it is identified as an Maxtor 
5T040H4, ATA disk drive, wich should be correct (the 2.4.9-13 kernel 
probes and get the same result).

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanx

/Janne

Hi,

On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 02:55:33PM +0100, Jan Söderholm wrote:
 
> I use RH 7.2 (the download version) with kernel 2.4.9-13 (upgraded by 
> using the Up2date program). Today i used Up2date (version 2.7.11) to 
> upgrade to 2.4.9-21 (kernel, headers and source). I get the following 
> error while the new kernel is booting:
> 
> EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
> mount: error 22 mounting ext3
> pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
Do you have an "/initrd" root directory?  If not, make one.

Cheers,
 Stephen