----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Brown" <eli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 12:56 AM Subject: Update boot problem > 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 1:12] -------- > 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 ------ > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > This actually happend when up2date update from 2.4.20-6 to 2.4.20-20.9 All older image files are still in tact with RH7 being on Hd0,3 and RH9 on Hd0,6 . Still unclear where Mount error 19 comes from as I have even tried copying the VMlinuz and VMlinux files back to the boot directory in thoughts they may have been damaged but to no avail. I am still able to boot to RH9 2.4.20-6 kernel but no RH7 2.4.7-10 kernel. Any suggestion on corrupt files? Thank you, Mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
