Description of problem: After upgrading to 2.6.16 from 2.6.11 using yum, boot process crashes. The following errors occur after libata is loaded: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x5050 ctl 0x5062 bmdma 0x5040 irq 17 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x5050 ctl 0x5062 bmdma 0x5040 irq 17 ATA: abnormal status 0x7f on lport 0x5057 scsi0 : ata_piix ATA: abnormal status 0x7f on lport 0x505f scsi1 : ata_piix Loading jbd.ko module Loading ext3.ko module Creating root device Mounting root file system mount: error 6 mounting ext3 Switching to new root ERROR opening /dev/console!!!!: 2 error dup2'ing fd of 0 to 0 error dup2'ing fd of 0 to 1 error dup2'ing fd of 0 to 2 unmounting old /proc unmounting old /sys switchroot: mount failed 22 kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Kernel 2.2.16-1.2096_FC4smp SCSI - MPT (using mptbase.ko and mptscsilib.ko) from LSI Logic corporation How reproducible: Upgrade to kerlen 2.6.16-1.2096 from 2.6.11-1.1369 on an HP Proliant dual cpu (xeon) with scsi hdd. (seems to be happening to any system with scsi) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC4 2. Use yum to upgrade kernel\* 3. reboot Actual results: The first errors come with root=Label=/1 not found. If you fix it by giveing actual device names in grub.conf and fstab, you get the above errors. Expected results: System booting like it does with a 2.6.11-1 kernel. Additional info: The system still boots well with the 2.6.11 kernel
[This comment added as part of a mass-update to all open FC4 kernel bugs] FC4 has now transitioned to the Fedora legacy project, which will continue to release security related updates for the kernel. As this bug is not security related, it is unlikely to be fixed in an update for FC4, and has been migrated to FC5. Please retest with Fedora Core 5. Thank you.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
This bug has been mass-closed along with all other bugs that have been in NEEDINFO state for several months. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, this is the only method we have of cleaning out stale bug reports where the reporter has disappeared. If you can reproduce this bug after installing all the current updates, please reopen this bug. If you are not the reporter, you can add a comment requesting it be reopened, and someone will get to it asap. Thank you.
Closing since there was an error in previous mass-close and they remained in NEEDINFO.