183239 – yaboot won't boot kernel on reiserfs with non-default block size

Bug 183239 - yaboot won't boot kernel on reiserfs with non-default block size

Summary: yaboot won't boot kernel on reiserfs with non-default block size

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Installation Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	PPC Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	nm (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2007-06-26 12:02 UTC by Troy Dack
Modified:	2007-06-26 17:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Troy Dack 2007-06-26 12:02:36 UTC

Suggestion for the partitioning/file system creation system of the ppc install guide:

If your /boot directory is on a file system that is going to be a reiserfs one do not create it with a non-default block size.  Yaboot can not boot a kernel if the reiserfs filesystem it is on has a block size that is different from the default.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a reiserfs filesystem to mount /boot onto with a non-default block size (eg: mkfs.reiserfs -b 2048
2. place a bootable kernel in /boot on the reiserfs filesystem with a non-default block size
3. configure the kernel appropriately in yaboot.conf
4. run ybin -v
5. reboot
Actual Results:  
1. Watch kernel fail to boot



Expected Results:  
1. Kernel successfully boots

Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-26 16:54:17 UTC

To quote dostrow and JoseJX on IRC, "yaboot's reiserfs support has always been an afterthought." It can't take anything besides the defaults, so I'll fix the handbooks.

Comment 2 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-26 17:13:50 UTC

Thanks for reporting, fixed in CVS.