Bug 36720 – system hangs when trying to create filesystem using mkreiserfs

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Carol Sanders 2003-12-29 04:59:29 UTC]

I've made partitions for / /boot, /mnt/gentoo but when I attempt to mkreiserfs /dev/sda3 (only 350MB) my system hangs and I have to reboot or reset it. I have dual Pentium III, 500MB memory, 512k cache.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot from livecd
2.create partitions using fdisk
3.mkreiserfs /dev/sda3

Actual Results:  
system hangs, loose console access.

Expected Results:  
return me to prompt and created file reiser filesystem

I've tried on two similar pentium3 systems with similar results.

[Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-12-30 05:48:39 UTC]

which version of reiserfsprogs ?

[Comment 2 Brandon Low (RETIRED) 2004-02-10 13:36:56 UTC]

Please try reiserfsprogs-3.6.12

[Comment 3 Carol Sanders 2004-02-11 08:01:18 UTC]

I determined that when using any scsi disk with Adaptec scsi adapters the kernel is caught in a loop attempting to reassign the adapter's address. I have rebuilt two systems from stage1 using ide disks and haven't seem many problems except when   using scsi.

I'm using the version of reiserfs that comes with your 2.4.22 kernel.

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2004-10-09 23:07:25 UTC]

kernel problem ... suggest you try updating

[Comment 5 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2004-10-13 02:05:21 UTC]

Yep, what happens when you run a newer kernel? Preferably 2.6.x

[Comment 6 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2004-10-22 17:05:38 UTC]

Please reopen if issue still exists with newer kernels.