Hi, I have a RHES4 server running kernel version 2.6.9-34.EL. During this night, I have updated to latest kernel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL. The problem is that with the new kernel, my linux is not booting anymore. During the boot, I have the following error: Checking root filesystem [/sbin/fsck.ext3 (1) -- /] fsck.ext3 -a /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting. [FAILED] *** An error occurred during the file system check. *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot *** when you leave the shell. *** Warning -- SELinux is active *** Disabling security enforcement for system recovery. *** Run 'setenforce 1' to reenable. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): Luckily, I still have the old kernel installed, so I booted with the old one, without any problems. I dig a bit more, and I found the following: In the old 2.6.9-34.EL kernel that I am able to boot with, the init script in the initrd contains the following mount command: mount -o defaults --ro -t ext2 /dev/root /sysroot while with the new kernel 2.6.9-34.0.1.EL that I have just installed, the init file in the initrd contanin the following command: mount -o rw --ro -t ext2 /dev/root /sysroot So this is why with the new kernel, my root filesystem si already mounted read-write during the boot process, before the fsck. However, this looks quite weird. First, I cannot find anywhere what this --ro means (there are no info about this option in the man page). Most probably, it means that the filesystem should be mount read-only, but then why in the new kernel the mount command contains also "-o rw" option? And why in the previous kernel, the root filesystem was mounted with the "-o defaults" option, and the new one is mounted with the "-o rw" option? Any ideeas? Thank you in advance, Floriola __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
