Re: kernel panic after updates.
Ramesh <[email protected]> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:07:56 -0700 (PDT)
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--===============7492333144038443656== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1554198291-1276261676=:37822" --0-1554198291-1276261676=:37822 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I can boot the kernel with older kernel after reinstalling GRUB. But that is too old kernel and at some point I need to update the kernel. At some point I will need to update kernel again and face the same problem. ________________________________ From: Aaron Bliss <[email protected]> To: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 12:19:02 PM Subject: Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic after updates. Can you try booting to an older kernel. This will help to eliminate other hardware/software issues. Aaron On 6/10/2010 12:14 PM, Ramesh wrote: > Hi, > > While I was updating kernel in one of my RHEL 4 boxes, it prompted as > below and then upon restart, the machine failed to boot up halting at > the GRUB prompt. I was able to restore GRUB by "linux rescue" . But > still, the system is not able to boot with the new kernel. It says > "kernel panic" > > > Installing... > 1:kernel-xenU-devel ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > 2:kernel ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > > WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.EL, > continuing anyway > 3:kernel-devel ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > 4:kernel-doc ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > 5:kernel-hugemem ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > > WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.ELhugemem, > continuing anyway > 6:kernel-hugemem-devel ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > 7:kernel-smp ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > > WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp, > continuing anyway > 8:kernel-smp-devel ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > 9:kernel-utils ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > 10:kernel-xenU ########################################### 100% > <http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25> > > > Also, while I try to boot the new kernel, it says as below: > > Unable to find volume group "disk" > no volume groups found > > mount: error 6 mounting ext3 > mount: error 2 mounting none > > I tried reinstalling Vmware tools, but of no avail. Also, tried using > Buslogic driver for ESX 2.5 (as I couldn't find Buslogic driver for ESX > 3.5) and that doesn't work either. > > Do you have any clue how to fix this issue ? > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > rhn-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users --0-1554198291-1276261676=:37822 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">I can boot the kernel with older kernel after reinstalling GRUB. But that is too old kernel and at some point I need to update the kernel. <br><br>At some point I will need to update kernel again and face the same problem.<br><br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Aaron Bliss <[email protected]><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) <[email protected]><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, June 10, 2010 12:19:02 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic after updates.<br></font><br> Can you try booting to an older kernel. This will help to eliminate <br>other hardware/software issues.<br><br>Aaron<br><br>On 6/10/2010 12:14 PM, Ramesh wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> While I was updating kernel in one of my RHEL 4 boxes, it prompted as<br>> below and then upon restart, the machine failed to boot up halting at<br>> the GRUB prompt. I was able to restore GRUB by "linux rescue" . But<br>> still, the system is not able to boot with the new kernel. It says<br>> "kernel panic"<br>><br>><br>> Installing...<br>> 1:kernel-xenU-devel ########################################### 100%<br><span>> <<a target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/c ommunity-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>></span><br>> 2:kernel ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>><br>> WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.EL,<br>> continuing anyway<br>> 3:kernel-devel ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 4:kernel-doc ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subj ect=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 5:kernel-hugemem ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>><br>> WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.ELhugemem,<br>> continuing anyway<br>> 6:kernel-hugemem-devel ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 7:kernel-smp ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="htt p://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>><br>> WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp,<br>> continuing anyway<br>> 8:kernel-smp-devel ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 9:kernel-utils ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?co mmunityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 10:kernel-xenU ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>><br>><br>> Also, while I try to boot the new kernel, it says as below:<br>><br>> Unable to find volume group "disk"<br>> no volume groups found<br>><br>> mount: error 6 mounting ext3<br>> mount: error 2 mounting none<br>><br>> I tried reinstalling Vmware tools, but of no avail. Also, tried using<br>> Buslogic driver for ESX 2.5 (as I couldn't find Buslogic driver for ESX<br>> 3.5) and that doesn't work either.<br>><br>> Do you have any clue how to fix this issue ?<br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>><br>><br>> _________ ______________________________________<br>> rhn-users mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>rhn-users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a><br></div></div> </div><br> </body></html> --0-1554198291-1276261676=:37822-- --===============7492333144038443656== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users --===============7492333144038443656==--