Re: kernel panic after updates.

Ramesh <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:56:18 -0700 (PDT)
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I updated the kernel with the following command

up2date -f kernel*






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From: sureshskja skja <[email protected]>
To: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 1:40:47 PM
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic after updates.


Hi 
 
Can you tell me how you upgarded the kernel and could you paste the command which you perfromed for upgrading kernel.

Thanks & Regards,
SURESH S
Mob:-9742330058

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>From: Ramesh <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic after updates.
>To: "Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com)" <[email protected]>
>Date: Friday, 11 June, 2010, 6:37 PM
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>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. 
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>At some point I will need to update kernel again and face the same problem.
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 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.
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>Can you try booting to an older kernel.  This will help to eliminate 
>other hardware/software issues.
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>Aaron
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>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>
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>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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<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"><div>I updated the kernel with the following command<br><br>up2date -f kernel*<br><br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> sureshskja skja &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, June 11, 2010 1:40:47 PM<br><b><span style=
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<div>Can you tell me how you upgarded the kernel and could you paste the command which you perfromed for upgrading kernel.<br><br>Thanks &amp; Regards,<br>SURESH S<br>Mob:-9742330058<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 11/6/10, Ramesh <i>&lt;[email protected]&gt;</i></b> wrote:<br></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">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>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Aaron Bliss &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) &lt;[email protected]&gt;<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.&nbsp; 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>&gt; Hi,<br>&gt;<br>&gt; While I was updating kernel in one of my RHEL 4 boxes, it prompted as<br>&gt; below and then upon restart, the machine failed to boot up halting at<br>&gt; the GRUB prompt. 
 I was able to restore GRUB by "linux rescue" . But<br>&gt; still, the system is not able to boot with the new kernel. It says<br>&gt; "kernel
 panic"<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;
 Installing...<br>&gt; 1:kernel-xenU-devel ########################################### 100%<br><span>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;</span><br>&gt; 2:kernel ########################################### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.EL,<br>&gt; continuing anyway<br>&gt; 3:kernel-devel #######
 #################################### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
 href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt; 4:kernel-doc ########################################### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt; 5:kernel-hugemem ########################################### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?
 communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.ELhugemem,<br>&gt; continuing anyway<br>&gt;
 6:kernel-hugemem-devel ########################################### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt; 7:kernel-smp ########################################### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp,<br>&gt; continuing anyway<br>&gt; 8:kernel-smp-devel ############################
 ############### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
 href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt; 9:kernel-utils ########################################### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt; 10:kernel-xenU ########################################### 100%<br>&gt; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&amp;subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?
 communityID=&amp;subject=100%25</a>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Also, while I try to boot the new kernel, it says as below:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Unable to find volume group
 "disk"<br>&gt; no volume groups found<br>&gt;<br>&gt; mount: error 6 mounting ext3<br>&gt;
 mount: error 2 mounting none<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I tried reinstalling Vmware tools, but of no avail. Also, tried using<br>&gt; Buslogic driver for ESX 2.5 (as I couldn't find Buslogic driver for ESX<br>&gt; 3.5) and that doesn't work either.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Do you have any clue how to fix this issue ?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Thanks<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; _______________________________________________<br>&gt; rhn-users mailing list<br>&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>rhn-users maili
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