On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 15:19, Hamilton Andrew wrote: > Roger, > > For your grub.conf file look in /boot/grub. Just do an 'ls' of the > /boot directory to get that. Have you tried reinstalling the new > kernel? You may give that a shot. I sometimes have things that don't > install and it's usually because I've modified the configuration. > You've stated that you haven't messed with anything and I believe > you. It could be that something you've installed has modified a > configuration file and that is preventing it from doing a complete > install. Usually rpm complains so you know. Seems a bit far fetched > but still possible, I guess. The exact message would be helpful along > with the other information. You'll definitely want to get the latest > kernel for security reasons, especially for a mail server. > as requested. The ...28.9 fails The ...27.9 works. Boot error(s) listed below # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb1 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-28.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-28.9 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-28.9.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-27.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-27.9 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-27.9.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-24.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-24.9 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-24.9.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-20.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-20.9.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img -------------- EXT2-fs warning : mounting unchecked fs running e2fsk is recomended VFS : mounted root (ext2 filesystem). VFS: Cannot open root device "LABLE=/" or 00:00 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic : VFS : Unable to mount rootfs on 00:00 --------------- All lines above that point looked like normal boot things. Regards Roger -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list