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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:26 pm    Post subject: [solved] couldn't mount because of unsupported optional Reply with quote

Hi

I am in the process of installing gentoo_64bit on a multiboot system but have to use the 'install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso' disk because this is the only 64bit system on the box.
The partitioning is as follows:
sda1 boot partition ext2
sda2 root partition ext4
sda6 swap

I have carried out a stage3 install and portage snapshot. On trying to boot I get the following errors:
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ext3-fs (sda2): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
ext2-fs (sda1): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
ext4-fs (sda2): mounted file system with ordered data mode: opts: (null)
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Looking at various post's this is often caused by ext4 needing 'large (2tb) block devices & file option' to be enabled in the kernel.
But this option does not appear in menuconfig with 64bit.

So any ideas please.

percy


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, it's actually working perfectly fine:
Quote:
ext3-fs (sda2): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
ext2-fs (sda1): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
ext4-fs (sda2): mounted file system with ordered data mode: opts: (null)

The ext2 and ext3 drivers don't know what to do with the filesystem, because it's ext4.

If this annoys you you can change these options in your .config:
Code:
# CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23=y

Then the (better) ext4 driver will be used for all ext2/ext3 devices by default (the ext4 driver is fully backwards-compatible with ext2 and ext3).
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The problem is that I am unable to boot the system.

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ext3-fs (sda2): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
ext2-fs (sda1): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
ext4-fs (sda2): mounted file system with ordered data mode: opts: (null)
VFS: Mounted  root (ext4 filesystem) readonly on device 8:2
Freeing unused kernel memory: 600k freed.
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 8192k
Freeing unused kernel memory: 632k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 128k freed
init-early.sh used greatest stack depth: 4440 bytes left

At this point the boot process freezes.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this problem, as I am keen to get this system booted.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I finally managed to get the answer (thanks to NeddySeagoon) and get the system to boot see:
'https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-880149.html'
The content of /dev in the stage3 tarball is wrong.

As I thought this was a kernel configuration problem and trying different options. I have probably recompiled the kernel 10 times or more this week. Anyhow it boots up fine now.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello,

I've encountered the same problem with a new install (2012/02/28 ) using the current stage3.
Actually, the system boots and all works fine but I get these messages in the log:

Code:
EXT2-fs (sdc4): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
EXT4-fs (sdc4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)


I really don't understand why this happens, because I only use ext2, reiserfs and ext4 filesystems and for this reason I've compiled these drivers into the kernel:
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y

I also had CONFIG_EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23 set to "y" before, but I've disabled it to see if the messages above disappear. But no luck with it.
What does it happen? The system works, the filesystems gonna be mounted, but such messages doesn't say anything good to me.

What's the problem?
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

fbcyborg,
I get them too since I switched from ext3 to ext4 a long time ago.
They are perfectly harmless,just disregard them.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, thanks for the information.
Good to know that they are harmeless.

I was just wandering why this happens (while it doesn't happen in other chroots I have).
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Put "rootfstype=ext4" on your boot command line and it should go away.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the tip. It worked! ;)
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ant P. wrote:
Put "rootfstype=ext4" on your boot command line and it should go away.

I just switched to ext4 and had the same boot error messages. This suggestion got rid of them without any kernel recompile.

Thanks.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ant P. wrote:
Put "rootfstype=ext4" on your boot command line and it should go away.


This doesn't seem to help for me. I've had that added for a long time, but still get the warning.
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