kernel panic -- can't open root device LABEL=/ (with 2.6.0-1.104 kernel)

Ernest L. Williams Jr. ernesto at ornl.gov
Mon Dec 29 16:53:57 UTC 2003


On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 11:36, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 05:13, Kaj J. Niemi wrote:
> > > when I boot it I get a FS kernel panic error saying it cannot open root
> > > device LABEL=/ or 00:00
> > 
> > Most likely you're hitting bug #112623. Downgrading your mkinitrd version
> > and then re-installing the kernel
> This failed for me:
> ****************************************************************************
> [root at matrix kernel-updates]# rpm -ivh --force kernel*
> warning: kernel-2.4.22-1.2135.nptl.i686.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY,
> key ID 4f2a6fd2
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%]
>    1:kernel-source          ###########################################
> [ 25%]
>    2:kernel                 ###########################################
> [ 50%]
> /dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such file or directory
> Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
> Command failed
>    3:kernel-BOOT            ###########################################
> [ 75%]
> /dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such file or directory
> Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
> Command failed
>    4:kernel-doc             ###########################################
> [100%]
> ********************************************************************************
Even with the above errors, I was able to boot-up.

Thanks for the help



> 
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> 
> >  (or running the postinstall scripts
> > manually after downgrade) will resolve your problem.
> > 
> > 
> > // kaj
> > 
> > 
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