From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com ([216.148.227.88]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 188swm-0008MV-00 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 20:56:04 -0500 Received: from h0020780ec927.ne.client2.attbi.com ([24.60.84.29]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20021105015529.NHJF27144.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@h0020780ec927.ne.client2.attbi.com> for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 01:55:29 +0000 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:50:38 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Gueths X-X-Sender: igueths@igueths To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: bad inodes on initrd Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi all. When attempting to create a bootable Woody Cd, I get so far as to boot the kernel and getting it up talking. After it mounts the root_fs on the ramdisk, I start getting errors about bad inodes starting at about number 2945 and going up to 2949. I would paste the messages I get in this post, however I am unable to capture them because they eventually scroll offf the screen. The reason being that after the inode errors sease displaying, dbootstrap attempts to start and open /dev/tty1, and /dev/tty2. This doesn't work because the root filesystem was not properly mounted. As a result, the console devices are deamed nonexistant by the kernel. I tried re-creating the filesystem and copying all the files from the root.bin of the original iso into the newly created ext2_fs. This didn't work. I also tried changing linuxrc to a different executable (init). Anyone have any other ideas I should try? Thanks! May you code in the power of the source, may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you, throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.