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_0018_01C123CC.A9570EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Please disregard the message. I = figured it=20 out. Seems to be a simple case of user stupidity...

Being lazy, I didn't re-type all my smb = shares off=20 my server to my system, so instead I tried to copy them from my laptop's = fstab=20 to my workstations fstab...

But I didn't look to make sure it = worked I just=20 copied away and I now have a reiser part. on my workstation!! oh=20 well..

I will get that memtest program to see = if I have=20 bad ram and maybe that's why I can't use reiser.. So thank you = Nick for=20 that.. I have tested the ram on this system several times.. But = not lately=20 since this stuff... I'll look now.

nathan

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From:=20 Nathan=20 England
To: Plug Discuss =

Sent: Monday, 13 August, 2001 = 5:56=20 AM

Subject: Screwy EXT2 and = ReiserFS

<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=20 with Slackware 8 and installed using ReiserFS.

Everything goes fine on the install = and=20 afterwards 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=20 same thing everytime. Slack 8 uses the 2.4.5 kernel and I've = heard some=20 horror stories about it and ReiserFS, so I have a linux-2.4.7.tgz = package I=20 made and as soon as I reboot, I install that and build a new = kernel. =20 This seems to be fine, but it still locks up.

It has to be something to do with my = WDC15300=20 hard drive. So I just gave in and put EXT2 back on my = system. I=20 kept the current partition scheme as I liked it a lot because I want = to play=20 with some 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=20 new one.. When I reboot it mounts my /dev/hda2 <swap> as = if that=20 is / and then nothing works.. If boots up fine, but gives errors = on=20 everything it tries to run. And from there, I can't do anything. = I can=20 mount my /usr directory but when I reboot, even that gets=20 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=20 is generally only used for software compilation or playing Loki's = games. =20 So it's not that big a deal. Also, I might be moving to China, so I'll = be=20 getting rid of this system, but that's a whole nother post, because I = have=20 questions for any of you who might have travelled = anywhere...

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

I'd appreciate anything!

Nathan

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