Re: kernel panic

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Mertens, Bram <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 2.6.something is the kernel version, you're probably on RHEL5 or RHEL6
> (see /etc/redhat-release).  If you say you upgrade to 2.6 what redhat
> release and kernel version were you on before?
>
> When you say the uninstall hung I assume you're referring to the
> uninstallation of the NVidia drivers?
>

Yes.  I finally got the NVIDIA drivers uninstalled by booting up from a
DVD, using the repair option.  I then installed the NVIDIA drivers on the
same boot from the DVD.

>
> Have you tried booting from the previous kernel?
>

I will try that.



>
> Regards
>
> Bram
>
> >
>
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> > From: [email protected] [mailto:redhat-list-
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Doll, Margaret Ann
> > Sent: maandag 17 juni 2013 21:26
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: Re: kernel panic
> >
> > Version of RH is 2.6.32-279
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
> > <[email protected]
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I upgraded a working system to 2.6
> > >
> > > I then brought down the system to level 1 to upgrade the NVIDIA drivers
> > > with the new kernel.
> > > The NVIDIA drivers installed along with the extra GLX drivers.  The
> > > uninstall hung.
> > >
> > > Now I cannot boot the system.
> > >
> > > RAMDISK:  incomplete write (9338 !=32768)
> > > write error
> > > Kernel panic - not syncing:  VFS:  Unable to mount root fs on
> > > unknown-block(0,0)
> > > Pid: 1, comm:  swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1
> > > Call Trace:
> > >
> > > [<ffffffff8150d4f8>] ? panic+0xa7/0x16f
> > >                 81c283f2>] ? mount_block_root+0x1ea/0x29e
> > >                 81002930>] ? bstat+0x2a0/0x970
> > >                 81c284fc>] ? mount_root+0x56/0x5a
> > >                 81c28670>] ? prepare_namespace+0x170/0x1a0
> > >                 81                 kernel_init
> > >                                     child_rip
> > >                                     kernel_init
> > >                                    child_rip
> > >
> > > What should I do next?
> > >
> > >
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