Re: Not such a smooth upgrade to 2011... Help?

On 10/22/2011 12:26 PM, David Guntner wrote:

> [davidg@janet ~]$ rpm -qa|egrep kernel
> kernel-firmware-20100217-1mnb2
> kernel-desktop-2.6.33.7-2mnb-1-1mnb2
> kernel-firmware-extra-20100429-2mnb2
> kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.33.7-2mnb-1-1mnb2

********
> lib64kplatokernel7-2.2.2-1mdv2010.1
********

> kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.38.7-1
> kernel-desktop-2.6.38.7-1mnb2-1-1
> kernel-desktop-devel-latest-2.6.38.7-1
> kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.38.7-1mnb2-1-1


What is a "platokernel"?  I have a feeling that this my be 
triggering (as dependencies) the list of kernels that the 
installer wants to provide.  You might try removing that, and see 
if it makes a difference.

You later mention that you are using xfs and that may be a 
problem.  Basically, the xfs module has to be in the initrd image 
used to boot, not just out on disk somewhere waiting to be loaded.

Dave Hodgins' instructions to deal with this are:

The /boot/initrd-??? file needs to be recreated
with the correct module.  To do this, boot from an install 
cd/dvd, mount the root filesystem and run the following ...

mount --bind /proc $RootMountPoint/proc -o ro
mount --bind /sys $RootMountPoint/sys -o ro
mount --bind /dev $RootMountPoint/dev -o ro
chroot $RootMountPoint
mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-$version.img $version

Note that after booting from the install disk, you have to select 
"rescue system" or some such.  Also, mkinitrd on a 2011 system 
will use dracut to create the initrd, while mkinitrd-mkinitrd 
will use the traditional mkinitrd to create it.

initrd-$version.img $version should look something like
initrd-3.1.0-rc8-1.1-desktop.img 3.1.0-rc8-1.1-desktop

Adjust as needed for the kernel you are creating the initrd for.

Cheers!

jim b.


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