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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] 9.0 - minor (?) install bug
From:       Vox <vox () the-vox ! com>
Date:       2002-09-30 22:46:43
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Pixel <pixel@mandrakesoft.com> writes:

> Vox <vox@the-vox.com> writes:
>
>> <danny@mailmij.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Malcolm-Rannirl wrote:
>> >
>> >> 
>> >> However, I encountered a problem with the install. My previous install had a 
>> >> reiserfs root partition and I decided to switch it to ext3 as I was wiping it 
>> >> to do the upgrade anyway. However the partion tool apparently set the mount 
>> >> options for reiserfs rather than ext3 (fstab read: /dev/hda5 / notail ... 
>> >> which is a reiserfs option). This resulted in the boot sequence being unable 
>> >> to remount root as writable, at which point many things failed to work.
>> > Funny, I seem to remember same thing happened a long while ago when during 
>> > the install you first choose reiserfs, and then ext3. notail would not be 
>> > removed. Thought it was fixed.
>> 
>>   I can confirm that it isn't fixed...I had the same problem as
>>   Malcom-Rannirl yesterday when I decided to upgrade my mom's computer
>>   to 9.0...old reiserfs partition, converted to ext3, got a notail in
>>   return...had to stick the CD back in to fix it by hand.
>
> sorry. I've just commited a fix (well it should fix it :)
>
> thanks!

  Thank you for the prompt fix, Pixel :)

  Vox

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