kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 doesn't boot, kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 still boots fine. during booting this message appears: error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot. afterwards the kernel panics because it can't mount any root file system. [root@smeagol ~]# yum -C list | grep 'installed\s*$' | grep 'kernel\|initrd' kernel.x86_64 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 installed kernel.x86_64 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 installed mkinitrd.x86_64 5.1.19.0.2-1 installed have a look at the kernel panic screenshot.
Created attachment 148459 [details] error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot kernel panic
i've just created a new initrd for the 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 kernel, now this kernel also doesn't boot anymore: error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as auto: No such device. so it's probably a bug in mkinitrd-5.1.19.0.2-1.
i've compared the two ramdisks: ... @@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ lvm vgchange -ay --ignorelockingfailure VolGroup00 resume /dev/md1 echo Creating root device. -mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 +mkrootdev -t auto -o defaults,ro /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 echo Mounting root filesystem. mount /sysroot echo Setting up other filesystems. ... i've switched the root file system fstab entry from 'ext3' to 'auto' myself... mkinitrd can't handle that. works fine now, sorry for the noise.