as if that is / and then nothing works.. = If boots up fine, but gives errors on everything it tries to run. And = from there, I can't do anything. I can mount my /usr directory but when = I reboot, even that gets destroyed. I got the new 2.4.8 kernel and the same thing is happening. I am = completely lost. =20 I use my laptop more than my workstation, which is generally only used = for software compilation or playing Loki's games. So it's not that big = a deal. Also, I might be moving to China, so I'll be getting rid of this = system, but that's a whole nother post, because I have questions for any = of you who might have travelled anywhere... So that's my story. Any ideas? I can't figure this out. I'm on my = third try now.. I'm going to download the 2.4.8 from ftp.kernel.org = again and use that and not my tgz I built.. Maybe even try my 2.4.7 = which I know is okay.. But I use the ReiserFS at work with 2.4.7 and = ReiserFS on my laptop with 2.4.8 now and it's awesome.. smb seems faster = with 2.4.8 than 2.4.7 I'd appreciate anything! Nathan ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C123BC.BA01ABA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<forewarning> This is quite = long=20 winded

Hello all,

I'm having problems and hoping someone = can shed=20 some light.

I usually run my hard drive partitioned = out like=20 this:

/dev/hda1 = /=20 = 3500m

/dev/hda2 =20 <swap> 256m

/dev/hda3 = =20 /usr 11000m

Recently I decided I wanted to try the = ReiserFS=20 because when hda3 dies, it's not pretty..

So I wiped everything and did a fresh = install with=20 Slackware 8 and installed using ReiserFS.

Everything goes fine on the install and = afterwards=20 it reboots. I changed my partitions to look like this:

/dev/hda1 = =20 / 3500m

/dev/hda2 <swap> 2= 56m

/dev/hda3 = =20 /usr 6500m

/dev/hda5 = =20 /var/www 1500m

/dev/hda6 = =20 /var/lib/mysql 2300m <or whatever is=20 left..>

Everything will work okay, but randomly = it will=20 lock up. I've installed everything about 8 times and it just does = the same=20 thing everytime. Slack 8 uses the 2.4.5 kernel and I've heard some = horror=20 stories about it and ReiserFS, so I have a linux-2.4.7.tgz package I = made and as=20 soon as I reboot, I install that and build a new kernel. This = seems to be=20 fine, but it still locks up.

It has to be something to do with my = WDC15300 hard=20 drive. So I just gave in and put EXT2 back on my system. I = kept the=20 current partition scheme as I liked it a lot because I want to play with = some=20 database toys I recently got.

So I install slack again, using the = normal 2.2.19=20 kernel.

I install my linux-2.4.7.tgz kernel and = build a new=20 one.. When I reboot it mounts my /dev/hda2 <swap> as if that = is /=20 and then nothing works.. If boots up fine, but gives errors on = everything=20 it tries to run. And from there, I can't do anything. I can mount = my /usr=20 directory but when I reboot, even that gets destroyed.

I got the new 2.4.8 kernel and the same = thing is=20 happening. I am completely lost.

I use my laptop more than my = workstation, which is=20 generally only used for software compilation or playing Loki's = games. So=20 it's not that big a deal. Also, I might be moving to China, so I'll be = getting=20 rid of this system, but that's a whole nother post, because I have = questions for=20 any of you who might have travelled anywhere...

So that's my story. Any = ideas? I can't=20 figure this out. I'm on my third try now.. I'm going to download = the 2.4.8=20 from ftp.kernel.org again and use = that and=20 not my tgz I built.. Maybe even try my 2.4.7 which I know is = okay.. =20 But I use the ReiserFS at work with 2.4.7 and ReiserFS on my laptop with = 2.4.8=20 now and it's awesome.. smb seems faster with 2.4.8 than = 2.4.7

I'd appreciate anything!

Nathan

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