On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:05:59 -0700, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 05:47:28PM -0800, Steven I Usdansky wrote: >> Also, the initrd-xxx-img >> file for the more recent kernels are over twice the size of the file >> associated with kernel 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6. Why? > > This at least I can tell. :-) 'nash' used to be linked static > and now was replaced by dynamic one. All these libraries and > a loader on initrd swell it in a substantial manner. > > Michal I found this post somewhere. Sorry I don't have the original poster's credentials. ===beginning of posting=== The error that causes all the trouble is "mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'". Appartently, in the init script within initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img, the command 'mount /sysroot' is trying to mount /dev/root to /sysroot. Fedora 5 does not use /dev/root like in the previous versions of Fedora. Instead, it uses '/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00' or '/dev/hda1' (or whereever '/' is located) to mount to /sysroot. For some reason, when init calls 'mount /sysroot', it's trying to mount /dev/root to /sysroot, instead of /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 to /sysroot. This messes up everything after this step in the init process. When it does a switchroot at the end, it fails. After killing init, it causes the kernel panic. Here's the fix: 1) Boot with the rescue CD 2) Type 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' (wherever it mounts the Fedora 5 partition) 3) 'cd /boot' 4) 'mkdir newinit' 5) 'cd newinit' 6) 'gunzip -c ../initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img | cpio -idmv' 7) 'vi init' 8) Find 'mount /sysroot' (near the end of the file) 9) Delete or comment this out 10) Replace with 'mount -o defaults --ro -t ext3 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /sysroot' where /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 is the mount point for / 11) ':wq' out of vi 12) 'find . | cpio --quiet -c -o >../newinitrd' 13) 'cd ..' - you are now in /boot 14) 'mv initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.bak' - backup current initrd img file (just in case) 15) 'gzip -9 < newinitrd > initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img' 16) Reboot the computer without the CD * Steps 4-6,12,13,15 were taken from another site, but I couldn't post the URL. I'll try in my next post. This should fix it. I'm glad I can finally run Fedora 5 on my box. MarkCole, I'm not sure if you were experiencing the exact same problems I was with mounting root. However, I hope this helps anyone else experiencing the same problems I had. Andy ===end of posting=== -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list