[rhn-users] kernel panic after updates.

[Ramesh]

I updated the kernel with the following command

up2date -f kernel*






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From: sureshskja skja <suresh_skja at yahoo.com>
To: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) <rhn-users at redhat.com>
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

--- On Fri, 11/6/10, Ramesh <cfmx07 at yahoo.com> wrote:


>From: Ramesh <cfmx07 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic after updates.
>To: "Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com)" <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>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 <abliss at brockport.edu>
>To: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>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>
>>
>>
>> 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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