Bug 129773 - kernel 2.6.7-1.517smp panic during boot
Summary: kernel 2.6.7-1.517smp panic during boot
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 129750 129790 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: FC3Blocker
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Reported: 2004-08-12 16:23 UTC by Clyde E. Kunkel
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:08 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2004-11-28 08:28:52 UTC
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Description Clyde E. Kunkel 2004-08-12 16:23:12 UTC 
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Description of problem:
during boot of new kernel 2.6.7-1.517smp kernel panic occurs.  
Partial msgs follow:

Creating block devices
Creating root devices
Mounting root file system
Mount: error 6 mounting exts
Switching to new root
Switchroot: mount failed: 22
Kernel panic:  Attempted to kill init!

Same problem when trying with non-smp version.  Booting with .515smp 
is fine.  No entries that I can find in logs.

Grub.conf entry:

root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.7-1.517smp ro root=LABEL=/1 psmouse.proto=imps
initrd /initrd-2.6.7-1.517smp.img


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.7-1.517smp

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot computer using kernel 2.6.7-1.517smp
2.
3.
    

Actual Results:  kernel panic after problem mounting root file system

Expected Results:  normal boot

Additional info:
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2004-08-12 18:26:25 UTC 
mkinitrd 4.0.5 at http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/mkinitrd/ should fix
this (you'll need to rebuild your initrd)
Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2004-08-12 18:27:27 UTC 
*** Bug 129750 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2004-08-12 18:29:45 UTC 
*** Bug 129790 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Daniel Reed 2004-08-12 18:51:27 UTC 
Works for me, thanks.

rpm -Uvh mkinitrd-4.0.5-1.i386.rpm
mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.6.7-1.517.img 2.6.7-1.517
reboot
Comment 5 Clyde E. Kunkel 2004-08-12 20:47:49 UTC 
Works for me also.  Many thanks.
Comment 6 Michael Wiktowy 2004-08-13 00:01:55 UTC 
This solution works for me with the non-smp kernel also. Much appreciated.

Thanks also for the steps plainly laid out in comment 4 ... saved me
some man-ning to get the command format right.
Comment 7 Hannes Kuehnemund 2004-10-13 14:08:13 UTC 
had the same problem when updating FC1 to FC3-test3 yesterday.

reissuing mkinitrd resolved the problem, probably problem in the
installer?
Comment 8 Nils Philippsen 2004-10-13 14:37:43 UTC 
I'm reopening this one, as it seems that somehow the old mkinitrd got
run instead of the new one. I guess it may have went this way:

- Update from FC1 with rather ancient mkinitrd
- anaconda installs the kernel(s) before mkinitrd, because it can't
know it any better (kernel requires 3.5.5, FC1 has 3.5.14)
- initrds are bust because they can't work in the new environment

To fix this, I would have the kernel require current mkinitrd. Or
re-run mkinitrd after installing pkgs in anaconda, but this is kind of
lame.
Comment 9 Bill Nottingham 2004-10-20 05:08:33 UTC 
kernel-2.6.9-1.639 prereqs a fairly recent mkinitrd.
Comment 10 Dave Jones 2004-11-27 22:34:18 UTC 
mass update for old bugs:

Is this still a problem in the 2.6.9 based kernel update ?
Comment 11 Clyde E. Kunkel 2004-11-28 01:24:57 UTC 
Not for me.  Thanks.
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