On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Nir Tzachar wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:57:05 +0200 (IST) > > Hayim Shaul <hayim@post.tau.ac.il> wrote: > > > > > mounting root filesystem > > > mount: error 19 mounting ext3 > > > > you need to compile ext3 support as built-in. > > Since the root fs is not yet mounted, modules cannot be > > retrieved. The same applies for initrd. > > no need to do such nasty things... > all u need to do is gunzip the initrd file, and mount it via the loopback. > then u copy manually the jbd module to the initrd, and change the linuxrc > file to load it and ur ext3.ko modules. > u then umount it, repack it, and ur ready to go ;) > compiling ext3 staticly did the trick. Haven't tried what Nir suggested (don't think I will :) I forward it to kernelnewbies, though, for future reference. Thanks, H. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
