Fedora 16 kernel panic

Fri Feb 24 18:40:14 UTC 2012


On 02/24/2012 11:45 AM, Brian Johnson wrote:
> Thanks Kevin, and sorry...I should've had that at the ready.
>
> I'm assuming you want the entirety of /etc/grub2.cfg? If not, I apologize for the length....
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
> if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
>   load_env
> fi
> set default="0"
> if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
>   set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
>   save_env saved_entry
>   set prev_saved_entry=
>   save_env prev_saved_entry
>   set boot_once=true
> fi
>
> function savedefault {
>   if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
>     saved_entry="${chosen}"
>     save_env saved_entry
>   fi
> }
>
> function load_video {
>   insmod vbe
>   insmod vga
>   insmod video_bochs
>   insmod video_cirrus
> }
>
> set timeout=5
> ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
> menuentry 'Fedora (3.2.7-1.fc16.i686)' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
>         load_video
>         set gfxpayload=keep
>         insmod gzio
>         insmod part_gpt
>         insmod btrfs
>         set root='(hd0,gpt2)'
>         search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0697abcb-b17a-4a12-8d13-412cff217b65
>         echo 'Loading Fedora (3.2.7-1.fc16.i686)'
>         linux   /vmlinuz-3.2.7-1.fc16.i686 root=/dev/mapper/vg_divebomb-lv_root ro
> rd.luks.uuid=luks-f85d3bfc-6995-4169-b243-8daa897e2cad rd.md <http://rd.md>=0 rd.dm <http://rd.dm>=0  KEYTABLE=us quiet
> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.lvm.lv <http://rd.lvm.lv>=vg_divebomb/lv_swap rhgb rd.lvm.lv <http://rd.lvm.lv>=vg_divebomb/lv_root
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>         echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
>         initrd /initramfs-3.2.7-1.fc16.i686.img
> }
> menuentry 'Fedora (3.2.6-3.fc16.i686)' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
>         load_video
>         set gfxpayload=keep
>         insmod gzio
>         insmod part_gpt
>         insmod btrfs
>         set root='(hd0,gpt2)'
>         search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0697abcb-b17a-4a12-8d13-412cff217b65
>         echo 'Loading Fedora (3.2.6-3.fc16.i686)'
>         linux   /vmlinuz-3.2.6-3.fc16.i686 root=/dev/mapper/vg_divebomb-lv_root ro
> rd.luks.uuid=luks-f85d3bfc-6995-4169-b243-8daa897e2cad rd.md <http://rd.md>=0 rd.dm <http://rd.dm>=0  KEYTABLE=us quiet
> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.lvm.lv <http://rd.lvm.lv>=vg_divebomb/lv_swap rhgb rd.lvm.lv <http://rd.lvm.lv>=vg_divebomb/lv_root
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>         echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
>         initrd /initramfs-3.2.6-3.fc16.i686.img
> }
> menuentry 'Fedora (3.2.2-1.fc16.i686)' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
>         load_video
>         set gfxpayload=keep
>         insmod gzio
>         insmod part_gpt
>         insmod btrfs
>         set root='(hd0,gpt2)'
>         search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0697abcb-b17a-4a12-8d13-412cff217b65
>         echo 'Loading Fedora (3.2.2-1.fc16.i686)'
>         linux   /vmlinuz-3.2.2-1.fc16.i686 root=/dev/mapper/vg_divebomb-lv_root ro
> rd.luks.uuid=luks-f85d3bfc-6995-4169-b243-8daa897e2cad rd.md <http://rd.md>=0 rd.dm <http://rd.dm>=0  KEYTABLE=us quiet
> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.lvm.lv <http://rd.lvm.lv>=vg_divebomb/lv_swap rhgb rd.lvm.lv <http://rd.lvm.lv>=vg_divebomb/lv_root
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>         echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
>         initrd /initramfs-3.2.2-1.fc16.i686.img
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
> ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
> # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
> # menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
> # the 'exec tail' line above.
> ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
> if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
>   source $prefix/custom.cfg;
> fi
> ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/90_persistent ###
> ### END /etc/grub.d/90_persistent ###
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Kevin Martin <kevintm at ameritech.net <mailto:kevintm at ameritech.net>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 02/24/2012 10:58 AM, Brian Johnson wrote:
>>     Hello Fedora Users list!
>>
>>     I sent this recently to our local LUG list, but no one was able to help. I looked to see if this has been talked about and as
>>     far as I know, it hasn't (outside of something similar with Fedora 15, but it seemed the solution there was incomplete).
>>
>>     I have 3 kernels installed on my Fedora 16 laptop -- kernel-3.2.2-1.fc16.i686, kernel-3.2.5-3.fc16.i686
>>     and kernel-3.2.6-3.fc16.i686. When I try to boot 3.2.5-3 or 3.2.6-3, I get a kernel panic message with the message "initramfs
>>     unpacking failed uncompression error" followed by "not syncing, no init found". Both of these were installed via normal yum
>>     updating; nothing out of the ordinary for them.
>>
>>     In the beginning, booting into the oldest one, 3.2.2-1 has no problems, fortunately. Haven't seen anything helpful mentioned
>>     on the Interwebz about such an error, was wondering if anyone had seen something similar. Just to be sure, I removed the 2
>>     newer kernels and then did a "yum install kernel" to see if something was corrupted the first time, but I'm still getting the
>>     same results. 
>>
>>     The last time I reboot, *all* of the kernels would give the error message. I was able to first boot into single-user and
>>     then, when exiting, it boot properly. I just installed the latest kernel update and (3.2.7.x) and getting the same thing.
>>
>>     Thanks!
>>
>>     Brian
>>
>>
>     Brian,
>
>     What does your grub or grub2 config file look like?
>
>     Kevin
>
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So 3.2.2 isn't booting now either (at least, not until single-user mode and then exit)?  Have you tried updating dracut and then
rebuilding your initramfs with dracut -f?

Kevin
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