fedora 21 booting error with 3.17 & 3.18 kernels-SOLVED- still need info

[Paul Cartwright]

I finally let the boot sequence error out, took about 5 minutes. I got
this line:
Dracut-initqueue[283] Warning: Cancelling resume operation. device not
found.

then the next line showed the UUID, ending in c063. That was the OLD
swap partition. I rebuilt the swap partition, did the swapon, and added
that UUID to /etc/fstab. Still errored out with same error. I removed
the 3.18.3-201 kernel & headers & module, reinstalled them, and now it
works. where is that old swap info kept, if not in /etc/fstab?? I
grepped for c063 in /boot and found entries in System.map-3.18.3-201...
but I am not sure it was the actual swap partition.



> running fedora 21 x86_64
> I was redoing my drive partitions, reran grub2-install, and now I get
> stuck, and the boot won't complete when I select any 3.17 or 3.18
> kernel. I have the latest 3.18.3-201 installed. 3.16 kernel booted..
> I see what looks like dracut errors.  Not sure what to do, google wasn't
> much help.
> /var/log/messages shows:
> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Started dracut pre-mount hook.
> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Started dracut mount hook.
> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Starting dracut pre-pivot and
> cleanup hook...
> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Started dracut pre-pivot and
> cleanup hook.
> Jan 29 03:00:05 pauls-server systemd: Stopping dracut pre-pivot and
> cleanup hook...
>
>
> not very descriptive.. suggestions on where to look or what is wrong?
> right now I am booted into fedora 20, using the same /home.. it's just
> that not everything works..
> uname -a
> Linux pauls-server 3.16.7-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 30 18:12:41 UTC
> 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>


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Paul Cartwright
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