Re: [gNewSense-users] I am unable to boot from vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-libre-lemote since upgrade

[Sam Geeraerts]

Christophe Jarry wrote:
> > OK, but what's the output of mount?
>
>     sudo mount /dev/hda2 /media/tmp
>     mount: you must specify the filesystem type

I meant just plain "mount". It shows which partitions are mounted where.

> Under both kernels:
>
>     $ grep UUID /etc/fstab | while read dev other ; do sudo findfs $dev ; done
>     findfs: unable to resolve 'UUID="c8ebb5c8-eafa-4532-8535-3c4312e7a7c4"'
>     findfs: unable to resolve 'UUID="35892cba-5fe1-425e-9227-cd6121c9159d"'

This is not consistent with manual output for 2.6.37.

>     Usage: findfs LABEL=<label>|UUID=<uuid>
>     Usage: findfs LABEL=<label>|UUID=<uuid>
>     Usage: findfs LABEL=<label>|UUID=<uuid>
>     Usage: findfs LABEL=<label>|UUID=<uuid>

I assume this is from comment lines in your /etc/fstab.

> Under 2.6.37, manually,:
>
>     $ sudo findfs UUID="c8ebb5c8-eafa-4532-8535-3c4312e7a7c4"
>     /dev/sda1
>     $ sudo findfs UUID="35892cba-5fe1-425e-9227-cd6121c9159d"
>     /dev/sda2
>
> Under 2.6.33.3, manually:
>
>     $ sudo findfs UUID="c8ebb5c8-eafa-4532-8535-3c4312e7a7c4"
>     findfs: unable to resolve 'UUID=c8ebb5c8-eafa-4532-8535-3c4312e7a7c4'
>     $ sudo findfs UUID="35892cba-5fe1-425e-9227-cd6121c9159d"
>     findfs: unable to resolve 'UUID=35892cba-5fe1-425e-9227-cd6121c9159d'
>
> > Also try blkid on both kernels to check if they both see the same UUIDs.
>
> Under 2.6.37:
>
>     $ sudo blkid
>     /dev/sda1: UUID="c8ebb5c8-eafa-4532-8535-3c4312e7a7c4" TYPE="ext3" 
>     /dev/sda2: UUID="35892cba-5fe1-425e-9227-cd6121c9159d" TYPE="ext3" 
>     /dev/sda3: TYPE="swap" 
>     /dev/sda4: UUID="910f2301-8ef8-413f-90a8-36155e996626" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> TYPE="ext3" 
>
> Under 2.6.33.3:
>
>     $ sudo blkid
>     $

What's the content of /proc/partitions for both kernels?

> > A manual fsck doesn't hurt and you'd know for sure.
>
> fsck does check my partitions from time to time, without error. Is it required
> that I run it manually?

Probably only /, not /home (see "man fstab").