Re: boot says wrong fs type but still works - worrying!

From: Anthony Campbell (ac_at_acampbell.org.uk)
Date: 03/31/04

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    Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:31:20 +0100
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    On 31 Mar 2004, Adam Aube wrote:
    > Anthony Campbell wrote:
    >
    > > On booting, I get a message about "wrong fs type, bad superblock..."
    > > However, everything appears to work normally afterwards.
    >
    > Are you using a custom kernel? Does your kernel have tmpfs
    > support? /etc/init.d/mountkernfs tries to mount a tmpfs partition
    > on /dev/shm on boot - if your kernel lacks tmpfs support, you'll get that
    > error message.
    >
    > I get these same messages for exactly this reason - I'm using a custom
    > kernel without tmpfs support.
    >
    > Adam
    >
    >
    > --

    Thanks indeed for this; yes, this does explain the situation.

    Excellent!

    Anthony 

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