Re: Kernel Panic with 2.44.22-1.2166

[Bobby Ryan Newberry <brnewber unity ncsu edu>]

> On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:19, Bobby Ryan Newberry wrote:
>
> > > I tried to use the new kernel today with some negative results. I 
> > > received a kernel panic with the following errors:
> > >
> > > Kernel requires old insmod, but couldn't run /bin/insmod.old No such 
> > > file or directory
> > >
> > > ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally
> > >
> > > mount: error 19 mounting ext 3
> > >
> > > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
> > >
> > > umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
> > >
> > > Now I've upgraded before (am currently using 2.44.22-1.2149) without 
> > > problems, and I'm using the RPM. Does anyone have a clue as to what is 
> > > going on?
> > >
> > > -Ryan Newberry
> >    
>
> I came across this same problem this morning.  The problem was that my
> initrd directory was missing from the root filesystem.  After booting
> with a rescue CD and recreating initrd all was good.  
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Peter
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Could you be a little more specific? I'm not exactly sure what you mean 
by "recreating initrd."

-Ryan Newberry