strange boot error, with kernel 2.6.18

[Guest toby]

hi

 

i yesterday wanted to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.18. i used the vanilla-kernel from kernel.org

i used make oldconfig to make my settings base on the original mandriva ones.

if i boot with my old kernel, everything works well, no error during the boot process.

with my new kernel i get a strange error when the system tryies to mount my second

hardddrive. (i have a normal ide-hd as a primary disc and a sata-disc as a secondary device).

i get the following error while booting:

 

...
enabling /etc/fstab swaps:			 [OK]
Checking filesystems
fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sda3
/dev/sda3:
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternative superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>

Failed to open the device '/dev/sda6': No such file or directory

Failed to open the device '/dev/sda5': No such file or directory

/dev/hda1: clean, 46/16128 files, 8732/128488 blocks

***An error occurred during the file system check			   [FAILED]
***Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
***when you leave the shell.
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):

 

the partition type is ext3, not ext2 though.. ?

 

thanks.

 

toby

[scoonma]

Hi toby,

 

you're probably missing all the mandriva specific patches to the vanilla kernel. If you want a 2.6.18 version, I'd advise to try one from MDV 2007 repository, like this one:

 

kernel-linus-2.6.18.rc7.1mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm

[ianw1974]

Compiling your own kernels in Mandriva is difficult due to the amount of patches they apply, and we don't even know what.

 

Urpmi is the best way to install kernels, they might not be the latest, but at least everything works. Unless you have a real need for a up-to-date kernel, there's no point installing it.