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List:       linux-xfs
Subject:    Re: 2.6.4 can't mount root xfs
From:       Chris Wedgwood <cw () f00f ! org>
Date:       2004-03-21 3:53:51
Message-ID: 20040321035351.GA4143 () dingdong ! cryptoapps ! com
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On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 11:42:19PM -0600, John Palkovic wrote:

> CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
> CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y

That's bogus.  The default's for x86 will build MSDOS partition
support with CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION undefined.

> The strange thing is that this only seems to be necessary when root
> is formatted as an XFS partition. If I format it, e.g., as ext3,
> then I can boot with a 2.6.4 kernel that does not have these two
> options set. With 2.6.3, they don't need to be set.

Something else is going on.  I have plenty of machines which boot of
XFS filesystems and I never enable CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y.

I missed the original problem but I'm sure something else is going on
here.


  --cw


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