Kernel 2.6.20-1.2997.fc7 won't boot -- fails to start init

Peter Gordon peter at thecodergeek.com
Sun Mar 18 19:17:20 UTC 2007


On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 06:49 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Seems like it's been a while since a development kernel would boot on
> my laptop.  Any ETA for a new working kernel?  My laptop is a HP
> dv1240us.

Are you running SELinux? You might be hitting the SELinux denial when
creating the initrd. Try running `setenforce 0` before updating the
kernel (and remember to run `setenforce 1` afterward).

If this is your bug, then it's a known issue that is being worked on;
but with an unknown ETA...
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