Re: fedora 21 booting error with 3.17 & 3.18 kernels-SOLVED- still need info

[Paul Cartwright]

On 01/30/2015 11:47 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
>  On Fri, 2015-01-30 at 10:53 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > I finally let the boot sequence error out, took about 5 minutes. I got
> > this line:
> > Dracut-initqueue[283] Warning: Cancelling resume operation. device not
> > found.
> >
> > then the next line showed the UUID, ending in c063. That was the OLD
> > swap partition. I rebuilt the swap partition, did the swapon, and added
> > that UUID to /etc/fstab. Still errored out with same error. I removed
> > the 3.18.3-201 kernel & headers & module, reinstalled them, and now it
> > works. where is that old swap info kept, if not in /etc/fstab?? I
> > grepped for c063 in /boot and found entries in System.map-3.18.3-201...
> > but I am not sure it was the actual swap partition.
> >
> >
> >
> >> running fedora 21 x86_64
> >> I was redoing my drive partitions, reran grub2-install, and now I get
> >> stuck, and the boot won't complete when I select any 3.17 or 3.18
> >> kernel. I have the latest 3.18.3-201 installed. 3.16 kernel booted..
> >> I see what looks like dracut errors.  Not sure what to do, google wasn't
> >> much help.
> >> /var/log/messages shows:
> >> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Started dracut pre-mount hook.
> >> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Started dracut mount hook.
> >> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Starting dracut pre-pivot and
> >> cleanup hook...
> >> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Started dracut pre-pivot and
> >> cleanup hook.
> >> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Stopping dracut pre-pivot and
> >> cleanup hook...
> >>
> >>
> >> not very descriptive.. suggestions on where to look or what is wrong?
> >> right now I am booted into fedora 20, using the same /home.. it's just
> >> that not everything works..
> >> uname -a
> >> Linux pauls-server 3.16.7-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 30 18:12:41 UTC
> >> 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >>
> >>
> >
> > -- 
> > Paul Cartwright
> > Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587
> >
>  Isn't it buried someplace in the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file?  That's why
>  reinstall of the kernel fixed it.   
I looked in grub.cfg didn't find it..


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Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587

fedora 21 booting error with 3.17 & 3.18 kernels-SOLVED- still need info

[Tim]

Terry Polzin:
> > Isn't it buried someplace in the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file? 
> That's why
> > reinstall of the kernel fixed it.   
Paul Cartwright:
>  I looked in grub.cfg didn't find it.. 
You can put an entry in there for it, as an override, but I believe the
default one used for resume gets set as a parameter in the /boot/config*
or /boot/init* that gets generated when a kernel is installed.  I don't
think fstab swap entries will be consulted pre-boot time.

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tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp

Linux 3.17.8-200.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Fri Jan 9 00:01:03 UTC 2015 i686

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