Re: Why kernel 2.5.58 only mounts / (not home etc)

[Andrew Morton]

Max Valdez <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> >Your ext3 filesystem is being built as a module, so you are dependent
> >upon
> >correct initrd setup to be able to mount the other filesystems.  If
> >those
> >filesystems were not cleanly shut down, ext2 will not be able to mount
> >them.
> 
> >Or something like that.  Try setting CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y.
> 
> I do have EXT3_FS=m

Try it with "y"
 
> But I did a correct initrd build,

You haven't set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD

> / mount is ext3, and gets mounted ok,

It's probably mounted as ext2.  Check /proc/mounts.