Re: athlon, can't boot 7.2, what to do?

[gregory mott <gmott ultra net>]

ok, i'd guess anyone having athlon boot problems after installing 7.2 will 
need to do this.  here's what got me going:

before quitting athlon install (from virt console ctrl-alt-F2):
      df
      umount /mnt/source
      # insert cd#1
      mount -t iso9660 /tmp/hd(c) /mnt/source
      cd /mnt/sysimage/boot
      mv initrd-2.4.7-10.img{,~0}
      cd grub
      cp -a grub.conf{,~0}
      rpm --root /mnt/sysimage -ivh --replacepkgs --replacefiles 
/mnt/source/Redhat/RPMS/kernel-2.4.7-10.i686.rpm
      cp -a grub.conf{,~1}
      cp -a grub.conf{~0,}
      cd /

i'm unsure whether the grub.conf dance was necessary afterall.  but it was 
quite necessary to move the athlon initrd img out of the way, rpm would not 
replace it otherwise.

> the release notes say use rescue mode to install a 686 kernel.  didn't say 
> quite how.  i guessed:
>
> rpm --root /mnt/sysimage -ivh --replacepkgs --replacefiles 
> /mnt/source/kernel-2.4.7-10.i686.rpm
>
> was that wrong?  now i get a screenful of new problems.  am i still having 
> athlon related problems, or what?
>
> my boot failure screen:
> /lib/ext3.o: unresolved symbol d_instantiate_R0465b454
> /lib/ext3.o: unresolved symbol journal_wipe_R61732b31
> /lib/ext3.o: unresolved symbol journal_force_commit_Ra669e011
> /lib/ext3.o: unresolved symbol blkdev_get_Rc1b875ab
> /lib/ext3.o: unresolved symbol unlock_buffer_Rb9f0d737
> ...
> /lib/ext3.o: unresolved symbol unregister_filesystem_Rc82447f9
> /lib/ext3.o: unresolved symbol bdput_R21178c01
> /lib/ext3.o: unresolved symbol journal_restart_R2747f85d
> ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally!
> Mounting /proc filesystem
> Creating root device
> Mounting root filesystem
> mount: error 19 mounting ext3
> pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 220k freed
> Kernel panic: No init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel.


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