Description of problem: just updated kernel-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 does not boot on my laptop ( dell inspiron 9300 ). booting the same system with kernel-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 works well Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 How reproducible: always ! Steps to Reproduce: 1. power on laptop 2. boot begin 3. crash Actual results: the system crash with the following messages : mount: error 6 mounting ext3 ERROR opening /dev/console!!!!: 2 error dup'ing fd of 0 to 0 error dup'ing fd of 0 to 1 error dup'ing fd of 0 to 2 switchroot: mount failed: 22 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init ! Expected results: booting normally Additional info: removing the quiet option on grub command line parameters give a lot of message with the following that seems important for me : ata: 0x1F0 IDE port busy ata: 0x170 IDE port busy ata_piix: prone of 0000.00:1F.2 failed with error - 16 looks like a libata/ata_piix problem, the dell inspiron 9300 use this driver for the disk i have another FC4 system ( a PIII desktop system ) which does not reproduce the problem ! i am currently recompiling my own kernel, i'll let you know. Best Regards
Some more precisions : I have recompiled my own kernel, and now it works ! i downloaded kernel-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4.src.rpm, made a rpmbuild -bp and recompiled the result after changing some options : - select Pentium M processor ( CONFIG_MPENTIUMM=y ) - add NTFS filesystem ( CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m ) - set CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y and CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y - set CONFIG_CODA_FS_OLD_API ( i need this for davfs2 !, thank you to add now CODA by default ! ) i do not think the above is important, but the following yes ! - set the IDE subsystem as module ( CONFIG_IDE=m, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=m ) - modified libata.h ( #define ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI and #define ATA_ENABLE_PATA ) recompiled , and it works ! i allways make the ide and libata modification for each new kernel on my inspiron 9300, if not, the dvd does not work with dma, it's painfully slow ! Best Regards !
I had a similar problem with sata_via and a boot raid1 partition. I cannot confirm the workaround, since I chose to stay at 2.6.13.
please capture the messages before the line.. mount: error 6 mounting ext3
does booting with the parameter hda=noprobe fix this ?
the complete message before the crash is : Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.13-1.1526_FC4)' root (hd0,1) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 ro root=/dev/sda2 rhgb quiet [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size=0x1b6885] initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4.img [Linux_initrd @ 0x2fe9d000, 0x12c6dc bytes] Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. Red Hat nash version 4.2.15 starting mount: error 6 mounting ext3 ERROR opening /dev/console!!!!: 2 error dup'ing fd of 0 to 0 error dup'ing fd of 0 to 1 error dup'ing fd of 0 to 2 switchroot: mount failed: 22 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! that's all. and Yes !, booting with hda=noprobe fix the problem, the system boot. but there is still the "no dma" problem on the dvd drive hdparm -d /dev/hdc give : using_dma = 0 (off) and trying hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc give an HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted ( im am root ) this dma problem, was here ( on the inspiron 9300) for every kernel, and a way to fix this is to disable IDE subsystem ( compiled as module, but unused ) and enable ATAPI/PATA in libata.h ! I'll be interested if you can give an easiest way ! Best Regards
I tried both fixes (hda=noprobe and Daniel's CONFIG_IKCONFIG*=y) and... nothing works on my machine.
I have exactly this problem (my system is a Dell Latitude D810). The hda=noprobe workaround works for me.
I seem to have the same or a similar problem with kernel 1526 on a Toshiba A75-S231, but hda=noprobe des not wortk and I do get a few more messages at boot. Uncompressing linux... Ok, booting the kernel. Red hat nach version 4.2.15 starting insmod error inserting '/lib/dm-mod.ko': -1 Operation not permitted ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally wth value 1 (pid 348) insmod error inserting '/lib/dm-mirror.ko': -1 unknown symbol in module ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally wth value 1 (pid 357) insmod error inserting '/lib/dm-zero.ko': -1 unknown symbol in module ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally wth value 1 (pid 358) insmod error inserting '/lib/dm-snapshot.ko': -1 unknown symbol in module ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally wth value 1 (pid 359) Unable to find device-mapper major/minor Reading all physical volumes - This may take a while No volume groups found Unable to find volume group "VolGroup00" ERROR: /bin/lvm exited abnormally with value 5! (pid 362) mount: error 6 mounting ext3 ERROR opening /dev/console!!!! : 2 error duping fd of 0 to 0 error duping fd of 0 to 1 error duping fd of 0 to 2 switchroot: mount failed: 22 kernel panic - not syncing: Attempt to kill init!
I just found another bug that looks similar... #169675. I tried disabling hyperthreading in my BIOS as was mentioned in that bug and it allowed the kernel to boot.
I also started experiencing similar issues after upgrading to 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 on my IBM TP 600E (PIIX4 IDE controller, and Pentium II, so no hyperthreading there). The system worked fine with 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4. If I boot with the usual options, I get dma timeouts, identical to the ones reported in bug #132584 (the top few lines are there just as indication for where it happens in the boot rpocess but I don' think I transcribed them correctly) Switching root unmounting /dev/console input: ps/2 mouse detected hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 hda: DMA timeout error hda: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } ide: failed opcode was: unknown I tried hda=noprobe, but that gives me the kernel panic reported in comment #5 and hda=nodma gives me the dma timeouts again.
I have two Dell Precision 350 workstations and a Precision 360 which show the same symptom as the original poster (error 6 mounting ext3 etc.) on the 2.6.13 kernel. hda=noprobe doesn't help, which didn't surprise me as these systems have SCSI disks. On the other hand, two Dell Precision 450 systems (dual Xeons) work fine with the current 2.6.13 release. Here's the complete error output, hand transcribed: Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. hda: No disk in drive Red Hat nash version 4.2.15 starting Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... hda: No disk in drive No volume groups found hda: No disk in drive Unable to find volume group "VolGroup00" ERROR: /bin/lvm exited abnormally with value 5 ! (pid 359) mount: error 6 mounting ext3 following which the same messages appear as above.
It hangs on my Dell Ispiron 5150 just after printing: Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
Sorry, that should have read: It hangs on my Dell Ispiron 5150 just after printing: Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. I'm using the SMP package kernel-smp-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4. My 5150 has a Pentium IV with HT. kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 works fine.
The latest update kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 still gives me the same problems on my TP 600E as in comment #10
updating to kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 fix the problem for the inspiron 9300 ! ( don't crash any more, but still does not use DMA on the cd/dvd )
My problem with this kernel turns out to be a rearrangement of the MPT SCSI driver between 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, with the result that the needed modules were not making it into the initrd. I found the fix at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=387546, and used the following command to build a new RAM disk: /sbin/mkinitrd --preload mptbase --preload mptscsih --preload mptspi --preload mptfc /boot/initrd-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4.preload-scsi.img 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 (substitute your kernel version). This fixed my 350 and 360 Dell workstations.