Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-netboot-0.1.41 kernel-smp-2.6.18-1.2239 How reproducible: TFTP/NFS Server: yum --installroot=/diskless/root install kernel-smp-2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 cd /usr/share/system-config-netboot/diskless ./updateDiskless /diskless/root 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5smp /tmp mv /tmp/vmlinuz /tmp/initrd.img /tftplinux/linux-install/fc5 # update ramdisk_size in pxelinux.cfg/default # initrd.img size calculation from updateDiskless PXE Client: Power On, kernel image and ramdisk ist loaded, kernel boots .... ... RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 EXT2-fs: blocksize too small for device. grow_buffers: requested out-of-range block <VERY LARGE NUMBER> for device ram0 No filesystem could mount root, tried: ext2 iso9960 Kernel panic - not syncing ... Additional Comments: I have upgraded many kernels this way up to kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 without problems.
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