Bug 36720

Summary:	system hangs when trying to create filesystem using mkreiserfs
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Carol Sanders <jodicasnet>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	mholzer
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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) gentoo-dev

2003-12-30 05:48:39 UTC

which version of reiserfsprogs ?

Comment 2 Brandon Low (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

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 gentoo-dev

2004-10-09 23:07:25 UTC

kernel problem ... suggest you try updating

Comment 5 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

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) gentoo-dev

2004-10-22 17:05:38 UTC

Please reopen if issue still exists with newer kernels.