Re: No way to boot on 2.6.23.12-52.fc7

[Antonio Olivares]

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dr P Dupre 
> To: For users of Fedora 
> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:21:00 PM
> Subject: Re: No way to boot on 2.6.23.12-52.fc7

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> --- Dr P Dupre  wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > > --- [e-mail] wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I do not understand, I still cannot boot on the
> >
> > new
> > > > kernel:
> > > > 2.6.23.12-52.fc7
> > > >
> > > > This is my grub.conf:
> > > > boot=/dev/sda
> > > > default=0
> > > > timeout=10
> > > > splashimage=(hd0,7)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > > > hiddenmenu
> > > > password --md5 $1$Ey8yydw2$Ia5NHuLvdjduWOKIJM57u0
> > > > title Fedora (2.6.23.12-52.fc7)
> > > >          root (hd0,7)
> > > > #        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7 ro
> > > > root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> > > > selinux=0
> > > >          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7 ro
> > > > root=/dev/sda8 rhgb quiet
> > > > selinux=0
> > > >          initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.12-52.fc7.img
> > > >
> > > > title Fedora (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)
> > > >          root (hd0,7)
> > > >          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
> >
> > ro
> > > > root=/dev/sda8 rhgb
> > > > quiet selinux=0
> > > >          initrd
> >
> > /boot/initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
> > > > I have not problem to boot on: 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
> > > > With the new kernel, if I put:
> > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7 ro
> > > > root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> > > > selinux=0
> > > >
> > > > if fails because it try to boot on a /dev/sdb, so
> >
> > I
> > > > force it to boot on
> > > > /dev/sda8, but I get:
> > > > setuproot: moving /dev failed No such file or
> > > > directory
> > > > setuproot: error mounting /proc
> > > > setuproot: error mounting /sys
> > > >
> > > > In what these 2 kernels are so different ?
> > > >
> > > > Regards

*** message truncated ****
> If you do an ls in /boot directory, what do you see?
>
> is the kernel in there,

config-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7      System.map-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
config-2.6.23.12-52.fc7       System.map-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
grub/                         vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img  vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
initrd-2.6.23.12-52.fc7.img
> What does
> $ rpm -qa kernel
> return?

kernel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
kernel-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
kernel-devel-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
kernel-doc-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
kernel-headers-2.6.23.12-52.fc7

No way to boot on 2.6.23.12-52.fc7

[Patrick Dupre]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Dr P Dupre 
> > To: For users of Fedora 
> > Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:21:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: No way to boot on 2.6.23.12-52.fc7
>
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > --- Dr P Dupre  wrote:
> > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > > > --- [e-mail] wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I do not understand, I still cannot boot on the
> > >
> > > new
> > > > > kernel:
> > > > > 2.6.23.12-52.fc7
> > > > >
> > > > > This is my grub.conf:
> > > > > boot=/dev/sda
> > > > > default=0
> > > > > timeout=10
> > > > > splashimage=(hd0,7)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > > > > hiddenmenu
> > > > > password --md5 $1$Ey8yydw2$Ia5NHuLvdjduWOKIJM57u0
> > > > > title Fedora (2.6.23.12-52.fc7)
> > > > >          root (hd0,7)
> > > > > #        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7 ro
> > > > > root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> > > > > selinux=0
> > > > >          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7 ro
> > > > > root=/dev/sda8 rhgb quiet
> > > > > selinux=0
> > > > >          initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.12-52.fc7.img
> > > > >
> > > > > title Fedora (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)
> > > > >          root (hd0,7)
> > > > >          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
> > >
> > > ro
> > > > > root=/dev/sda8 rhgb
> > > > > quiet selinux=0
> > > > >          initrd
> > >
> > > /boot/initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
> > > > > I have not problem to boot on: 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
> > > > > With the new kernel, if I put:
> > > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7 ro
> > > > > root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> > > > > selinux=0
> > > > >
> > > > > if fails because it try to boot on a /dev/sdb, so
> > >
> > > I
> > > > > force it to boot on
> > > > > /dev/sda8, but I get:
> > > > > setuproot: moving /dev failed No such file or
> > > > > directory
> > > > > setuproot: error mounting /proc
> > > > > setuproot: error mounting /sys
> > > > >
> > > > > In what these 2 kernels are so different ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
>
> *** message truncated ****
> > If you do an ls in /boot directory, what do you see?
> >
> > is the kernel in there,
>
> config-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7      System.map-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
> config-2.6.23.12-52.fc7       System.map-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
> grub/                         vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
> initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img  vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
> initrd-2.6.23.12-52.fc7.img
> > What does
> > $ rpm -qa kernel
> > return?
>
> kernel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
> kernel-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
> kernel-devel-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
> kernel-doc-2.6.23.12-52.fc7
> kernel-headers-2.6.23.12-52.fc7

Can you remove the line

#        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.12-52.fc7 ro
  root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
  selinux=0
Yes, I already tried to remove this line without success.

so that it matches the

title Fedora (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)

one.  If you have done that, and it did not work, then there might be
something wrong with the initrd/or something else.

Yes, but what ??????

The other strange thing is that when I replace the initrd which does not
work by the one works, it does not help. I have other kinds of errors.

Regards,

Antonio