failed yum update, new kernel won't boot

Jean Jacques chaoyzj at gmail.com
Thu Jan 22 04:39:01 UTC 2015


what version?

2015-01-22 12:36 GMT+08:00 Chris Murphy <lists at colorremedies.com>:

> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Fred Smith
> <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> > I tried "yum reinstall" for all the kernel bits of the latest (non-
> > working) kernel, and it said "not available" for all but (I think
> > it was) headers. What does "not available" mean here? I mean, it had
> > just downloaded for installation a little while before, they've
> > disappeared in the meantime?
>
> It might be helpful to include the exact actual error message. Pretty
> good chance these days the filesystem is OK if the system boots, but
> it's not a half bad idea to force an fsck after such an event. Then:
>
> yum clean all
> yum remove bad-kernel
> yum update
>
> If it fails on boot again, then you'll need to get more info from the
> failed boot if you want to use this kernel. Editing that kernel's grub
> menu entry, and removing boot parameters 'rhgb quiet' should help
> expose what the problem is. If not, then it gets a bit more involved.
>
>
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