Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 114613
kernel 2149 fails to boot w/o a separate /boot filesystem
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:35 EST
Description of problem: kernel 2149 fails to boot with single root filesystem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kenel 2149 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot kernel 2149 2.single root filesystem 3.no /boot filesystem Actual results: kernel boot aborts with message about not finding a LABEL=/boot Expected results: normal boot completion Additional info: system was built with kernel 2115 which boots normally with single root filesystem and no separate /boot filesystem
sounds like your initrd is broken. try updating mkinitrd to latest, and reinstalling the 2149 kernel.
the fedora mkinitrd was built/installed from ISO/CDROM. I replaced it with a mkinitrd copied from a redhat 9 system that i have. I then rebuilt the 2149 kernel and it booted fine -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14737 Jan 30 22:35 mkinitrd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15448 Jan 30 22:34 mkinitrd.fedora
Can you attach your grub.conf?
Created attachment 97426 [details] grug.conf from fedora grub.conf file the same before and after copying mkinitrd from redhat9 system and re-installing both 2149 and 2149smp. note this is a two processor dimension 410 which has a separate problem that 2149smp boot just hangs.
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