mount relatime option / Ext3-fs: Unrecognized mount option ...

[Kenny Gow]

gary artim wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> Last night I added to all my ext3 filesystem relatime, replacing noatime.
> I never remount the filesystems (my error). I then ran:
> 'yum update', and it installed a new kernel and initrd,
> 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64. From then on when I tried to boot I got:
> 
> ext3-fs: Unrecognized mount option 'relatime or missing value,
> mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysrout as ext3: invalid Argument.
> 
> I booted knoppix, mount my fs, changed fstab,mtab, sync sync and
> it kept complaining  about relatime. Then I stumbled on a link saying
> the relatime
> is passed automatically by the kernel or ? (it was late, head sore
> from banging it)
> 
> I rebooted the old kernel/initrd and it came up. I catted /proc/mounts and
> it showed relatime as a option, checked /etc/fstab /etc/mtab and they all
> have noatime (with relatime removed -- verifying my knoppix routine worked).
> 
> Can anyone explain this? I'd like to be able to go forward with
> 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64.
> I think (no proof) that the install of the kernel removed something (?) needed
> for ext3 fs to mount cleanly, thanks for any help!

This sounds like the same situation I ran into with Fedora 7.

Rebuilding the initrd for the new kernel fixed the problem.

Read through all the comments for how to build a new initrd:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=296361

Kenny