Apologies if this ends up as a duplicate - it has been about 2 hours
since the original posting, with no trace of the original.
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How can I convince the installer to load the reiserfs module before it
proclaims that I have no Linux partitions? Starting an install with
"linux reiserfs" does not allow the installer to recognize reiserfs, at
least not on raid 5. I have booted from the RedHat 9 CD with the following:
no arguments - just hit <enter> :
- root partition not found, so no Upgrade install option
- Disk Druid shows /dev/md0 under Raid Devices but type is "foreign"
- as expected, reiserfs is not listed as a partition type when
creating new partition
"linux reiserfs":
- root partition not found, so no Upgrade install option
- Disk Druid shows /dev/md0 under Raid Devices but type is _still_ "foreign"
- reiserfs _is_ now listed as a partition type when creating a new
partition
and for fun, "linux rescue":
- root partition not found, so nothing mounted under /mnt/sysimage
- I typed 3 commands, and was able to access the root raid:
- raidstart /dev/md0
- mkdir /mnt/sysimage
- mount /dev/md0 /mnt/sysimage
My hunch is that reiserfs is not in the initrd. Is this correct? Is
there any boot parameter that will cause the reiserfs module to be
loaded _before_ the filesystems are scanned for linux partitions by the
installer? If not, how can I make my own CD 1 which has reiserfs in the
initrd?
Oh - I did try the upgradeany install parameter but since the root
filesystem is never mounted, the parameter makes no difference.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin
