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

On 10/23/2011 10:18 PM, David Guntner wrote:
> David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>>
>> I ran the command and got thus:
>>
>>
>>> [root@janet /boot ]# mkinitrd -f initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img 2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2
>>> Need 'inst' function, try setting PLYMOUTH_POPULATE_SOURCE_FUNCTIONS to a file that defines it
>>> [root@janet /boot ]# ls -la initrd*
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 9386626 Oct  9  2010 initrd-2.6.33.7-desktop-2mnb.img
>>> -rw------- 1 root root 3346099 Oct 23 10:17 initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      33 Oct 22 20:30 initrd-desktop.img ->  initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      33 Oct 22 20:30 initrd.img ->  initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img
>>> [root@janet /boot ]#
>>
>> Is that "Need 'inst' function" message anything I really need to worry
>> about at this point?
>>
>> The initrd is certainly smaller than the current one.  I'll post later
>> if it worked in getting me up and running on the new kernel; and then I
>> can go back to trying to get the rest of the 9 million packages upgraded
>> to 2011....
>
> Ok, after that, I discovered that dracut hadn't yet been installed in
> the aborted --auto-update mode.  Manually installed it and then ran the
> command again.  This time I got a considerably larger initrd file....
>
>> [davidg@janet boot]$ ls -la initrd*
>> -rw------- 1 root root  9386626 Oct  9  2010 initrd-2.6.33.7-desktop-2mnb.img
>> -rw------- 1 root root 27555778 Oct 23 18:46 initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       33 Oct 22 20:30 initrd-desktop.img ->  initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       33 Oct 22 20:30 initrd.img ->  initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img
>
> However, still no love on rebooting into the 2.6.38.7 kernel.  It goes
> so far and then panics again.  Last thing on my screen before it does a
> trace and stop:
>
>> uncompression error
>> VFS: Cannot open root device "UUID=55d60848-4e89-48d4-98fb-9e91089320fe" or unknown-block(0,0)
>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>> Pid: 1, comm: swaper Not tainted 2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2 #1
>
> My lilo.conf file points "root=" to exactly the same place for both kernels.
>
> Here's what I got when I ran mkinitrd after installing dracut:
>
>> [root@janet /boot ]# mkinitrd -f initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img 2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2
>> I: *** Including module: dash ***
>> I: *** Including module: i18n ***
>> I: *** Including module: rpmversion ***
>> I: *** Including module: network ***
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c506.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c506-wpa.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c504a_2958.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c504a_2958-wpa.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c504_2958.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c504_2958-wpa.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c504.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c504-wpa.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c502_3com.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c502_3com-wpa.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c502e.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c502e-wpa.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c502d.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c502d-wpa.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c502.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "atmel_at76c502-wpa.bin" for kernel module "atmel.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "iwmc3200wifi-lmac-sdio.bin" for kernel module "iwmc3200wifi.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "iwmc3200wifi-calib-sdio.bin" for kernel module "iwmc3200wifi.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "iwmc3200wifi-umac-sdio.bin" for kernel module "iwmc3200wifi.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "symbol_sp24t_sec_fw" for kernel module "orinoco.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "symbol_sp24t_prim_fw" for kernel module "orinoco.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "prism_ap_fw.bin" for kernel module "orinoco.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "prism_sta_fw.bin" for kernel module "orinoco.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "isl3890" for kernel module "prism54.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "isl3886" for kernel module "prism54.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "isl3877" for kernel module "prism54.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "zd1201.fw" for kernel module "zd1201.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "zd1201-ap.fw" for kernel module "zd1201.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "ctfw_cna.bin" for kernel module "bna.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-09ax-6.0.17.fw" for kernel module "bnx2.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-09-6.0.17.fw" for kernel module "bnx2.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1.fw" for kernel module "bnx2.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-06-6.0.15.fw" for kernel module "bnx2.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.1.fw" for kernel module "bnx2.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-6.2.5.0.fw" for kernel module "bnx2x.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-6.2.5.0.fw" for kernel module "bnx2x.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "bnx2x/bnx2x-e1-6.2.5.0.fw" for kernel module "bnx2x.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw" for kernel module "r8169.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw" for kernel module "r8169.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "cxgb3/t3fw-7.10.0.bin" for kernel module "cxgb3.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "cxgb4/t4fw.bin" for kernel module "cxgb4.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "myri10ge_rss_eth_z8e.dat" for kernel module "myri10ge.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "myri10ge_rss_ethp_z8e.dat" for kernel module "myri10ge.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "myri10ge_eth_z8e.dat" for kernel module "myri10ge.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "myri10ge_ethp_z8e.dat" for kernel module "myri10ge.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "phanfw.bin" for kernel module "netxen_nic.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "phanfw.bin" for kernel module "qlcnic.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "rt3090.bin" for kernel module "rt2860sta.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "rt2860.bin" for kernel module "rt2860sta.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "rt2870.bin" for kernel module "rt2870sta.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "prism2_ru.fw" for kernel module "prism2_usb.ko"
>> I: *** Including module: ifcfg ***
>> I: *** Including module: plymouth ***
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/SUMO_rlc.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/PALM_me.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/PALM_pfp.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/CAICOS_mc.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/CAICOS_me.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/CAICOS_pfp.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/TURKS_mc.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/TURKS_me.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/TURKS_pfp.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/BTC_rlc.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/BARTS_mc.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/BARTS_me.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "radeon/BARTS_pfp.bin" for kernel module "radeon.ko"
>> I: *** Including module: btrfs ***
>> I: *** Including module: crypt ***
>> I: *** Including module: dm ***
>> I: Skipping udev rule: 64-device-mapper.rules
>> I: *** Including module: dmsquash-live ***
>> I: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
>> W: Possible missing firmware "aic94xx-seq.fw" for kernel module "aic94xx.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "cbfw_fc.bin" for kernel module "bfa.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "ctfw_cna.bin" for kernel module "bfa.ko"
>> W: Possible missing firmware "ctfw_fc.bin" for kernel module "bfa.ko"
>> I: *** Including module: mdraid ***
>> I: *** Including module: fcoe ***
>> I: *** Including module: nfs ***
>> I: *** Including module: resume ***
>> I: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
>> I: *** Including module: terminfo ***
>> I: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
>> I: Skipping udev rule: 50-udev.rules
>> I: Skipping udev rule: 95-late.rules
>> I: *** Including module: aufs-mount ***
>> I: *** Including module: base ***
>> I: *** Including modules done ***
>> I: Wrote /boot/initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img:
>> I: -rw------- 1 root root 27555194 Oct 23 19:08 /boot/initrd-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img
>> [root@janet /boot ]#
>
> I don't see anything that looks like a xfs module being listed there....
>
> Any ideas?

This has gone beyond my level of incompetence.  The problems 
citing radeon are likely indicative of the problems I mentioned 
much earlier with needing to boot to level 3 and then install the 
proprietary driver using XFdrake, but the rest of the complaints 
might as well be written in Greek so far as my understanding goes.

Just for grins, you might change to grub as your bootloader and 
see if that makes a difference, but (never using lilo) I 
speculate that if you ran lilo after creating the new initrd it 
should know what it is doing.  The install dvd should have an 
option (maybe under rescue mode) to reinstall the bootloader if 
you wish to try grub.

Sorry I cannot provide further help.

jim b.

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