Hi all, I was installing a RH 7.2 server today, and after installing I upgraded all software packages. Finally, I upgraded the kernel packages (kernel, kernel-smp and kernel-headers). All this with up2date. I ended up with four different kernel packages:
- kernel-2.4.7-10 - kernel-2.4.9-34 - kernel-smp-2.4.7-10 - kernel-smp-2.4.9-34 which is expected. Now, when I rebooted to apply the kernel upgrade, the system hung on startup with the new kernel. After some investigation, I found that the linuxrc script in the initrd image for 2.4.9-34smp was getting an error when mounting the root filesystem, hence pivot_root failed and init could not run (hang). The specific message is: mount: error 6 mounting ext3 Now, I have installed and upgraded several RH 7.2 systems (5 not counting at home and this one) and never had any trouble when upgrading the kernel. I checked the following things before posting: - Kernel version 2.4.7-10smp still boots fine. - The kernel modules on the initrd image are the same as installed on the /lib/modules tree. - Tried recreating the initrd image (mkinitrd). - The linuxrc script is the same in the initrd images for both 2.4.9-24smp and 2.4.7-10smp. At this point, I will call it a day and continue on this issue tomorrow. Btw, the machine is a Compaq ProLiant DL380, dual P-III 733 MHz, 512 Mb. Ram. The disk system is comprised of a Compaq SmartArray 431 RAID controller, with two 9 Gb hot plug SCSI hard drives in RAID 1 (HW RAID). There is also an on-borad NIC (3-com) and 3 add-on NICs (intel eepro100). If anyone has seen this or has any suggestions, you will be very appreciated, since I'm kind of stumped right now. Or perhaps a good night's rest will help me see the problem from a different angle :) Cheers, -- Javier Gostling Ingeniero de Sistemas Virtualia S.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fono: +56 (2) 202-6264 x 130 Fax: +56 (2) 342-8763 Av. Kennedy 5757, of 1502 Las Condes Santiago Chile
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