Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 207035
unbootable kernel (sata_sil "unknown symbol in module")
Last modified: 2008-08-02 19:40:35 EDT
Description of problem: The kernel hangs on boot because the SATA module fails to load, leaving it with no root partition. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.17-1.2647.fc6.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Actual results: Lots of "sata_sil: Unknown symbol foo" messages Then "insmod: error insterting '/lib/sata_sil.ko': -1 Uknown symbol in module And later: "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!"
sounds like a busted initrd. can you paste your /etc/modprobe.conf ?
alias scsi_hostadapter sata_sil alias eth0 tg3 alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
looks sensible. Can you break open the initrd like so.. cp /boot/initrd-2.6.17-1.2647.fc6.img initrd.cpio.gz gzip -d initrd.cpio.gz cpio -t < initrd.cpio | grep \.ko Also, you have the current mkinitrd package installed right ?
I used initrd-2.6.18-1.2693.fc6.img, since older kernels got removed. The problem's still there. lib/uhci-hcd.ko lib/ohci-hcd.ko lib/ehci-hcd.ko lib/ext3.ko lib/sata_sil.ko I have mkinitrd-5.1.17-1.x86_64 installed.
hmm, for some reason scsi_mod.ko didn't end up in your initrd. Peter?
Is this still broken?
I think I remember which box this happened on, and I think I may even still have it in the office. I should be able to retest it on 9/24 at the earliest.
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported against rawhide during the development of a Fedora release that is no longer maintained. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are flagging all of the open bugs for releases which are no longer maintained. If this bug remains in NEEDINFO thirty (30) days from now, we will automatically close it. If you can reproduce this bug in a maintained Fedora version (7, 8, or rawhide), please change this bug to the respective version and change the status to ASSIGNED. (If you're unable to change the bug's version or status, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help, and we apologize again that we haven't handled these issues to this point. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.
Can't find the box; If I do and this is still a problem, I'll reopen.