Re: Kernel panic after FC2->FC5

[Jack Howarth]

Michael,
    If I can mount the upgraded FC5 partitions in linux rescue mode,
would it make sense to just chroot to them and attempt to yum update
everything to the latest versions? I do worry that just attempting to
install a newer kernel might tickle some missing dependencies if I
don't do it through yum.
           Jack

Kernel panic after FC2->FC5

[Lonni J Friedman]

All of this could be a complete waste of time until you figure out
exactly what is triggering the kernel panic.  Have you removed the
'rhgb quiet' portion to see exactly when/where the panic is occuring
during boot?

On 9/2/06, Jack Howarth  wrote:
> Michael,
>     If I can mount the upgraded FC5 partitions in linux rescue mode,
> would it make sense to just chroot to them and attempt to yum update
> everything to the latest versions? I do worry that just attempting to
> install a newer kernel might tickle some missing dependencies if I
> don't do it through yum.

Kernel panic after FC2->FC5

[M A Young]

On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Jack Howarth wrote:
> If I can mount the upgraded FC5 partitions in linux rescue mode,
>
> would it make sense to just chroot to them and attempt to yum update
> everything to the latest versions? I do worry that just attempting to
> install a newer kernel might tickle some missing dependencies if I
> don't do it through yum.

I don't know any reason why you shouldn't use yum to upgrade everything,
and you might be lucky and such an upgrade fixes your problem. Otherwise,
you need to work out what the cause of the panic is, as others suggest.

Michael Young

Kernel panic after FC2->FC5

[Roopnarine, Peter]

Agreed. I always focus first on hardware problems when faced with boot or
networking problems. It isn't inconceivable that you have an unfortunate
coincidence between your upgrade and a hardware problem. Just grab a live CD
from another distro., Ubuntu, Knoppix, whatever, and verify your hardware
integrity.
Peter

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Subject:	Re: Kernel panic after FC2->FC5

On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Jack Howarth wrote:
> If I can mount the upgraded FC5 partitions in linux rescue mode,
>
> would it make sense to just chroot to them and attempt to yum update
> everything to the latest versions? I do worry that just attempting to
> install a newer kernel might tickle some missing dependencies if I
> don't do it through yum.

I don't know any reason why you shouldn't use yum to upgrade everything,
and you might be lucky and such an upgrade fixes your problem. Otherwise,
you need to work out what the cause of the panic is, as others suggest.

Michael Young