Re: Linux 2.4.6-pre3 breaks ReiserFS mount on boot

[Neil Brown]

On Tuesday June 19, [e-mail] wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:57:16PM -0400, Shawn Starr wrote:
> > 
> > read_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem on dev 03:42
> > read_old_super_block: try to find super block in old location
> > read_old_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem on dev 03:42
> > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:42
> > 
> > my super block broke somewhere?
> 
>     Out of curiousity, what device are you trying to boot from? 03:42, at least
>     according to linux/Documentation/devices.txt, corresponds to /dev/hda42.

or, noting that kdevname used hexadecimal, 
  /dev/hdb2

NeilBrown

> 
>     Is that really the disk you're trying to mount? I'm not familiar with how
>     some IDE RAID controllers present disks, but it was the first thing I
>     noticed.
> 
>     -Jeff
> 
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