On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 16:49 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > I have just upgraded two systems to kernel-3.3.2-1. One system > (x86_64 hardware) upgraded flawlessly. The other (i686 hardware) now > won't boot. The grub menu comes up allowing me to choose between: > kernel-3.3.2-1.f16.i686 -- which fails (see below) > kernel-3.3.0-0.f16.i686 -- which works > When I choose kernel-3.3.2-1, there is what seems like an > exceptionally long pause, the system briefly displays some garbage, > and then these messages appear: > > dracut warning no root device > "block:/dev/disk/by-uuid/2d...af" found > > dracut warning no root device > "block:/dev/disk/by-uuid/2d...af" found > > dropping to debug shell > > sh: 0 can't access tty: job control turned off > > dracut:/# > > In fact, as blkid shows the device (partition) that the system appears > to be looking for is not there. However all the partitions that > should be on the system are there, including the partition that is > normally mounted on /boot. Which must be so, since the previous > kernel starts OK. > > Questions: > 1. What's going on here? > 2. How can I fix it? > 3. How can I prevent this in the future? > > Many thanks - jon > > On your failing I686 Note I show you the file names as on my x86_64 F16 I suggest you look at /boot and the sizes of the *.img files for the kernels. If the initramfs-3.3.2-1.fc16.x86_64.img is smaller than the initramfs-3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64.img it kernel 3.3.2-1 didn't install properly. I had this a kernel upgrade earlier and fixed it with by reinstalling the kernel it get it to create a proper initramfs file yum reinstall kernel-3.3.2-1.fc16.i686 -- Andrew Gray <andrewg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linnet Solutions Ltd -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
