Kernel Panic with 2.44.22-1.2166
Bobby Ryan Newberry
brnewber at unity.ncsu.edu
Thu Feb 12 21:17:44 UTC 2004
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> On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:19, Bobby Ryan Newberry wrote:
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>>> I tried to use the new kernel today with some negative results. I
>>> received a kernel panic with the following errors:
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>>> Kernel requires old insmod, but couldn't run /bin/insmod.old No such
>>> file or directory
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>>> ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally
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>>> mount: error 19 mounting ext 3
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>>> pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
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>>> umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
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>>> Now I've upgraded before (am currently using 2.44.22-1.2149) without
>>> problems, and I'm using the RPM. Does anyone have a clue as to what is
>>> going on?
>>>
>>> -Ryan Newberry
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>I came across this same problem this morning. The problem was that my
>initrd directory was missing from the root filesystem. After booting
>with a rescue CD and recreating initrd all was good.
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>Hope that helps,
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>Peter
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Could you be a little more specific? I'm not exactly sure what you mean
by "recreating initrd."
-Ryan Newberry
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