ext3 partition detected as ntfs

[Hellmasker]

i installed linux on a computer today and it booted fine the first time, ie after isntallation.

then i compiled a new kernel, and installed a LOT of updates, adn not it refuses to boot. it panics and says
EXT2-fs: ide0(3,5): couldnt mount because of unsupported optional features (4).

when i go into resuce mode to try and work out what is wrong, fdisk -l /dev/hda says it is a linux partition, but when i try to mount it i get a message saying "filesystem ntfs is not support by kernel"

this is NOT an ntfs drive, it is ext3. adn it wont boot from my compiled kernel or the factory kernel.

[Nerderello]

Hellmasker,
silly question time.

If you use the -t ext3 argument on your mount command does it work?

have fun

Nerderello

[Hellmasker]

no i havent tried that, (/me smacks myself in the head fo rnot tryign somethign so obvious)

however it wont fix the kernel panic on boot problem.

[Nerderello]

when the kernel panics, is it complaining about init problems? If so, you have not got the initrd loading properly. If this sounds like it, have a look at the micro howto (even nano-howto) that I've put forward. It's in the sugestions part under the title Grub diskette download. I seem to remember having something similar (the panic) when I tried to load Mandrake 9.2 without telling GRUB about the "root=/dev/hd??" on the kernel line.

have fun

Nerderello

[Hellmasker]

there is a root=/dev/hda5 line in the config file, and i have installe dfrom these cd's onto multiple comps before and never had this problem, i would imagine the default setups are all the same and since it worked liek 6 times it should work again.

[Nerderello]

I once had a problem (with a partion being set as reiserfs) when I installed Mandrake onto a partion that was reiserfs which, during install, I reformated to ext3. The /etc/fstab created by the instal still had the partion as a reiserfs partition.

I wonder if something like this has happened to you, but with ntfs instead?

have fun

Nerderello

[Hellmasker]

now that soudns half possible, will check it next time im at my mates house (his comp)