/home partition lost after kernel upgrade

Submitted by linux_jester

on March 8, 2004 - 2:42pm

Linux kernel

I've just installed kernel 2.6.2 from source which I've configured and compiled. Using the lilo boot loader I've configured a new entry for the kernel instance. When I boot and log in as a normal user, I find that there is an error that the /home for the user is lost and I'm sent straight to the root / . Is there something that I've forgotten to do somewhere or somthing that I still need to do to resolve this?

Thanks

Hi, Check your /etc/fstab

Anonymous

March 8, 2004 - 11:47pm

Hi,

Check your /etc/fstab file.
Does your home directory have a special fs ? (ext3, reiserfs...)
If yes, check filesystems supported by your kernel and recompile these were missing (module or built-in).
Good luck.

Same problem here

Anonymous

October 11, 2004 - 5:01am

I've upgraded to kernel 2.6.8 en compiled with support for ext3, this is the content of my fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#                
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda8       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda5       /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda6       /windows        vfat    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda7       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom1   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
none            /sys            sysfs   defaults        0       0

I just do not have a home dir when i boot under the new kernel!!!!
Help me please