mnow writes: > I have RH7.2 and RH9 on the same system. Grub.conf is setup to load either > version. > Problem: After updating the RH9 kernel, RH7.2 hangs on load with error, > > Loading ext3 module > Mounting /proc filesystem > Creating root device > Mounting root filesystem > Mount: error 19 mounting ext3 > Pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 > freeing unused kernel memory > Kernel panic: no init found. Bypassing init= option to kernel > > Unfortunately I did not make a boot disk. > Any thought to correct this problem. > > > Mark First off, what version of rh9 did you update from, and what version did you update to? When I updated from the 2.4.20-24.9 to the 2.4.20-27.9 kernel, I noticed that all of my previous kernel images were deleted. Other members of this list who used up2date did not notice this behaviour. See the archives for the thread I started on tcpdump problems, where I mention this in passing. Perhaps you, like I, updated by downloading the rpms and applying the updates manually. Check, if you can, to see if your /boot filesystem has had all earlier kernel images purged from it. I suspect that might be your problem. The likely recovery path is to re-install the desired kernel, assuming you have some way to boot the machine in the first place. :-( PS I hope you keep good up to date backups! -- -------- "And there came a writing to him from Elijah" [2Ch 21:12] -------- R. J. Brown III rj@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elilabs.com/~rj voice 859 567-7311 Elijah Laboratories Inc. P. O. Box 166, Warsaw KY 41095 fax 859 567-7311 ----- M o d e l i n g t h e M e t h o d s o f t h e M i n d ------ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
