I am no longer able to build a working initrd for kernels 2.4.18-19.8.0
or 2.4.20-2.2 using the below upgraded (rawhide) packages
mkinitrd-3.4.28-1
kernel-source-2.4.20-2.2
kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-11
kudzu-0.99.83-1
hwdata-0.64-1
modutils-devel-2.4.22-1
modutils-2.4.22-1
I'm getting kernel panics - the panic says to try specifying an init!
Steps to reproduce:
cd /boot
mv initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img.old
mkinitrd initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img 2.4.18-19.8.0
reboot
I first noticed it with kernel-2.4.20-2.2.athlon.rpm
I upgraded the above packages to current rawhide to satisfy dependencies
of kernel 2.4.20 package. At first I thought it was the new kernel,
further investigation seems to indicate a broken initrd is being
created.
My /etc/modules.conf:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
alias eth0 3c59x
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
options ide-cd dma=1
alias sound-slot-0 es1371
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
>/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
>/dev/null 2>&1 || :
the first .img below is from running mkinitrd with ONLY the aic7xxx line
in modules.conf
the second is from running mkinitrd against the modules.conf above
the third was generated from the original redhat 8.0 mkinitrd/modutils
when installing the errata kernel
ls -la /boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270301 Jan 4 23:39
/boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270300 Jan 4 23:13
/boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img.broken
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 258524 Dec 23 16:01
/boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img.old
Notice they're all different sizes. I wonder why the one from a stripped
down modules.conf is a byte BIGGER?
Here's my 'cat /etc/fstab'
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/cdrive vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/edrive vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/ddrive vfat defaults 0 0
and the mkinitrd output (against modules.conf as above)
mkinitrd -f -v initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img 2.4.18-19.8.0
Using modules: ./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o
./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o ./kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o
./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o ./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o
Using loopback device /dev/loop0
/sbin/nash -> /tmp/initrd.yB1Zrx/bin/nash
/sbin/insmod.static -> /tmp/initrd.yB1Zrx/bin/insmod
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.yB1Zrx/lib/scsi_mod.o'
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.yB1Zrx/lib/sd_mod.o'
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.yB1Zrx/lib/aic7xxx.o'
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.yB1Zrx/lib/jbd.o'
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.yB1Zrx/lib/ext3.o'
Loading module scsi_mod.o
Loading module sd_mod.o
Loading module aic7xxx.o
Loading module jbd.o
Loading module ext3.o
I did a "rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --nodeps mkinitrd-3.4.28-1.i386.rpm"
then reran mkinitrd -f -v initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img 2.4.18-19.8.0
Using modules: ./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o
./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o ./kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o
./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o ./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o
Using loopback device /dev/loop0
/sbin/nash -> /tmp/initrd.5XaC9O/bin/nash
/sbin/insmod.static -> /tmp/initrd.5XaC9O/bin/insmod
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.5XaC9O/lib/scsi_mod.o'
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.5XaC9O/lib/sd_mod.o'
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.5XaC9O/lib/aic7xxx.o'
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.5XaC9O/lib/jbd.o'
`/lib/modules/2.4.18-19.8.0/./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o' ->
`/tmp/initrd.5XaC9O/lib/ext3.o'
Loading module scsi_mod
Loading module sd_mod
Loading module aic7xxx
Loading module jbd
Loading module ext3
Looks pretty much the same.
And I still get a kernel panic from this initrd created with the older
mkinitrd! I also still get a "big" initrd
ls -la /boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270708 Jan 5 00:13
/boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270300 Jan 4 23:13
/boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img.broken
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 258524 Dec 23 16:01
/boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img.old
The initrd created my the downgraded mkinitrd gives me more info in the
panic:
mount: error 16 mounting proc
Creating block devices
Creating root device
mkrootdev: label / not found
Mounting root filesystem
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k ext3, errno = 2
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k freeext3, errno = 2
mount: error 9 mounting ext3
...
...
kernel panic, try specifying and init
I'm currently building a kernel with ext3 and aic7xxx complied in, but
I'd like to get this fixed though so I can use the stock errata kernels
on this system! :-)
... just booted 2.4.20-2.2 :-)
stock redhat athlon config with:
SCSI support y
SCSI disk support y
Adaptec AIC7xxx y
Ext3 support y
DOS FAT fs y
MSDOS fs y
UMSDOS fs y
VFAT fs y
re-upgraded mkinitrd
cleared out /etc/modules file before "make install"ing the kernel, moved
the backup copy back, didn't have to change grub.conf at all.
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-2.2custom)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-2.2custom ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-2.2custom.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-19.8.0)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-19.8.0 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img
Note the above procedure did NOT work with aic7xxx static, ext3 as a
module, removing the aic7xxx line from modules.conf... that lead to a
panic on ext3 right after aic7xxx had loaded and spun up my SCSI disk
Adam
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