I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.17. I did a yum upgrade. My old kernel is 2.6.16, the new one is 2.6.17. When I boot into 2.6.17 the logical volumes are not found and I get a kernel panic.

Boot errors -

Loading jbd.ko module
Loading dm..... modules
Making device-mapper control node
.
.
Scanning Logical Volumes
No Volume Groups found
Activating Logical Volumes
Volume Group "VolumeGroup00" not found
creating root device
.
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mount: error 6 mounting ext3
error opening /dev/console



I download 2.6.17.14 source and compiled it using the 2.6.16 .config as a basis of the congiruration. It compiled and installed correctly but gives the same error. I then configured the .17.14 kernel with everything (all SCSI, ext3, etc.) built into the kernel. Same problem.

The 2.6.16 kernel still boots. I compared the initrd files of the .16 and .17 kernels and the .17 kernel does not include any scsi modules. I compared the config files for the two and they're basically the same.

System information (I'm not sure what should be included here)

dualcore Intel CPU 2.80GHz

/etc/fstab

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /data ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

grub/menu.lst

title Fedora Core (2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp.img

title Fedora Core (2.6.16-1.2108_FC4smp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4smp ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 pci=routeirq rhgb
initrd /initrd-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4smp.img

SATA HD
Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD800JD-00JR Rev: 05.0
Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD2000JD-60K Rev: 08.0

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