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nova@macintoshclub.com wrote:
> OK, I didn't have the devfs loaded into the kernel, so the new version
> boots past that point. However, the boot stops when it tries to load the
> root filesystem.

You shouldn't use devfs. It's obsolete. Which liveCD / stage are you
installing from? Which profile are you using?

> warning, no fsck.ext3 found.
> Error: mounting an ext2 partition failed on /dev/hda7 (a little different
> wording), Bad superblock, etc
> type cntrl-D to cancel, or enter root passwd to fix:
> and it is frozen (no keyboard recognised)
> There is a copy of fsck.ext3 on /sbin/, so I think that it is not in the
> initrd. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Is /dev/hda7 an ext2 partition? Are you sure you have your partition
numbering right and that your fstab reflects your partition layout?

-Joe
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I am using Gentoo PPC 2005.1 stage 3 install. I do not know what a
profile is (same as stage?) /dev/hda7 is an ext3 partition, not ext2. I
also found out that when I boot off the CD and mount my partition, it
says that the check timed out (or something along those lines) and I
should run e2check( or something. The computer is not here right now).
when I ran it before, it found some problems which I told it too
correct, and it mounted the partition fine. I am almost sure that I say
in fstab that it was ext3 (NOT ext2), since I copied it from the
install guide and that said EXT3, but I could have typed it wrong.
However, I don't think that is it. I will check tomorrow.
Would simply not using initrd and just straight booting help anything?
nick
On Oct 25, 2005, at 3:03 PM, Joseph Jezak wrote:

> nova@macintoshclub.com wrote:
>> OK, I didn't have the devfs loaded into the kernel, so the new version
>> boots past that point. However, the boot stops when it tries to load
>> the
>> root filesystem.
>
> You shouldn't use devfs. It's obsolete. Which liveCD / stage are you
> installing from? Which profile are you using?
>
>> warning, no fsck.ext3 found.
>> Error: mounting an ext2 partition failed on /dev/hda7 (a little
>> different
>> wording), Bad superblock, etc
>> type cntrl-D to cancel, or enter root passwd to fix:
>> and it is frozen (no keyboard recognised)
>> There is a copy of fsck.ext3 on /sbin/, so I think that it is not in
>> the
>> initrd. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> Is /dev/hda7 an ext2 partition? Are you sure you have your partition
> numbering right and that your fstab reflects your partition layout?
>
> -Joe
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I have attached fstab. It has the paritions configured with root =
/dev/dha7 ext3, which is correct. I ran the e2fsck (because it said that
is had been over 12000 days since the last test, due to not resetting the
clock), and it reported no problems, 1.1% fragmentation.
What should I be using instead of devfs?
> nova@macintoshclub.com wrote:
>> OK, I didn't have the devfs loaded into the kernel, so the new version
>> boots past that point. However, the boot stops when it tries to load
>> the root filesystem.
>
> You shouldn't use devfs. It's obsolete. Which liveCD / stage are you
> installing from? Which profile are you using?
>
>> warning, no fsck.ext3 found.
>> Error: mounting an ext2 partition failed on /dev/hda7 (a little
>> different wording), Bad superblock, etc
>> type cntrl-D to cancel, or enter root passwd to fix:
>> and it is frozen (no keyboard recognised)
>> There is a copy of fsck.ext3 on /sbin/, so I think that it is not in
>> the initrd. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> Is /dev/hda7 an ext2 partition? Are you sure you have your partition
> numbering right and that your fstab reflects your partition layout?
>
> -Joe
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could this be caused by my PRAM battery being DEAD (is says the year is 1904)
thanks,
nick
Also, I configured in both EXT2 and EXT3 kernel support...

On 28 Oct 2005, at 17:04, <nova@macintoshclub.com> wrote:

> What should I be using instead of devfs?

udev - I'd expect the newer profiles to use this by default...

The battery on my iMac is stuffed as well. However when the
system is shutdown it syncs the time with the h/ware clock so
it's not too far out when it comes back up again. A swift ntp
sync sorts it out.

OS X on the other hand (at least 10.1.5 which is all I've got on
that machine - dunno about 10.3 as it won't install)... OS X on
the other hand insists on thinking it's 1970 or some such...

(Not too much useful info but...)

Rod

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