[LinuxPPS] not a linuxPPS problem, but...

[Ralph Siemsen]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 02:54:39AM -0700, clemens at dwf.com wrote:

> The kernel builds fine, installs fine, but dies when you try to boot
> it.  It puts out about a 1/2 dozen lines, and then:
> 
> 	<snip>
> 	Unable to access resume device (/dev/sda5)
> 	Mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
> 	<snip>

This is caused by a feature CONFIG_HIBERNATE enabled in your kernel.
For an NTP server, you probably do not need this feature, so you might
consider rebuilding the kernel with this turned off.

  │ CONFIG_HIBERNATION:
  │
  │ Enable the suspend to disk (STD) functionality, which is usually
  │ called "hibernation" in user interfaces.  STD checkpoints the
  │ system and powers it off; and restores that checkpoint on reboot.
  │
  │ You can suspend your machine with 'echo disk > /sys/power/state'
  │ after placing resume=/dev/swappartition on the kernel command line
  │ in your bootloader's configuration file.

If you want to make it work, ensure that the correct resume=/dev/sdaX
argument is being passed to the kernel (this is in /boot/grub/menu.lst).
Also make sure that the partition actually is formatted as swapspace.

See also this thread for information on dealing with the initrd
used by Fedora: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=111565

-R