Hi, I have found the problem. If the /etc/fstab file contains the following line: /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 / ext3 rw 1 1 then when you install any new kernel, in intrd file the root filesystem is mounted with the following command: mount -o rw --ro -t ext2 /dev/root /sysroot and I have the errors during the boot process. Now, if the /etc/fstab file has the following line: /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 / ext3 defaults 1 1 then when you install any new kernel, in intrd file the root filesystem is mounted with the following command: mount -o defaults --ro -t ext2 /dev/root /sysroot and there is no error during boot process. So, basicaly I think that mkinitrd command looks into the /etc/fstab file to see what options are used to mount the root filesystem. However, I think this is a bug, since if the root filesystem is mounted as read-write, the system becomes unbootable. Best regards, Floriola --- Floriola <floriola2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ 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
