ext4 +Booting has failed

[John Summerfield]

Justin Conover wrote:
> Installed F9Alpha with ext4 on root under lvm, booted fine and things were

A brave soul indeed.


> working until I updated Sunday 3/9.  Dell Inspiron 6000 also had to use
> nolapic nohz=off to boot the installer.
> 
> With kernel-2.6.25-0.105.rc5.fc9  (why is there an fc still :) )
> 
> After it reads LVM
> 
> EXT4-fs: dm-1: not marked OK to use with test code.
> mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext4dev: Invalid arguement
> setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory
> setuproot: error mounting /proc: Nos such file or dierctory
> setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory
> Mount failed for selinuxfs on /selinux: No such file or directory
> (enforcing=0) <- booted up with  (selinux=0) same thing
> switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
> Booting has failed.
> 
> Default alpha kernel 2.6.24-2.fc9     I get:
> 
> Starting udev: udevd-event[1270]: node_symlink: device node '/dev/rtc'
> already exists, link
> to '/dev/rtc0' will not overwrite it
> 
> 
> Just sits there.
> 
> I was going to try 'rescue mode' from the install dvd and mount my system,
> but apparently that isn't setup for ext4 either.. :(
> 
> I think I'm looking at a dead duck, but if anyone has a suggestion, let me
> have it.

A previous kernel?
Does your install medium boot? If so, you should be able to get in 
there, maybe with a judicious modprobe

Possibly once in you will find another kernel; if not install one from 
the install medium.




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John

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