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This is what I got when I copied the initrd file from my Fedora /boot directory on my hard drive:

Code:

[root@localhost initrd]# cat init

#!/bin/nash



mount -t proc /proc /proc

setquiet

echo Mounting proc filesystem

echo Mounting sysfs filesystem

mount -t sysfs /sys /sys

echo Creating /dev

mount -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs /dev /dev

mkdir /dev/pts

mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 /dev/pts /dev/pts

mkdir /dev/shm

mkdir /dev/mapper

echo Creating initial device nodes

mknod /dev/null c 1 3

mknod /dev/zero c 1 5

mknod /dev/systty c 4 0

mknod /dev/tty c 5 0

mknod /dev/console c 5 1

mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2

mknod /dev/rtc c 10 135

mknod /dev/tty0 c 4 0

mknod /dev/tty1 c 4 1

mknod /dev/tty2 c 4 2

mknod /dev/tty3 c 4 3

mknod /dev/tty4 c 4 4

mknod /dev/tty5 c 4 5

mknod /dev/tty6 c 4 6

mknod /dev/tty7 c 4 7

mknod /dev/tty8 c 4 8

mknod /dev/tty9 c 4 9

mknod /dev/tty10 c 4 10

mknod /dev/tty11 c 4 11

mknod /dev/tty12 c 4 12

mknod /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64

mknod /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65

mknod /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66

mknod /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67

echo Setting up hotplug.

hotplug

echo Creating block device nodes.

mkblkdevs

echo "Loading uhci-hcd.ko module"

insmod /lib/uhci-hcd.ko 

echo "Loading ohci-hcd.ko module"

insmod /lib/ohci-hcd.ko 

echo "Loading ehci-hcd.ko module"

insmod /lib/ehci-hcd.ko 

mount -t usbfs /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

echo "Loading mbcache.ko module"

insmod /lib/mbcache.ko 

echo "Loading jbd.ko module"

insmod /lib/jbd.ko 

echo "Loading ext3.ko module"

insmod /lib/ext3.ko 

echo "Loading scsi_mod.ko module"

insmod /lib/scsi_mod.ko 

echo "Loading sd_mod.ko module"

insmod /lib/sd_mod.ko 

echo "Loading libata.ko module"

insmod /lib/libata.ko 

echo "Loading ata_generic.ko module"

insmod /lib/ata_generic.ko 

echo "Loading ata_piix.ko module"

insmod /lib/ata_piix.ko 

echo Waiting for driver initialization.

stabilized --hash --interval 250 /proc/scsi/scsi

insmod /lib/scsi_wait_scan.ko

rmmod scsi_wait_scan

mkblkdevs

resume /dev/sdb1

echo Creating root device.

mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro sdb5

echo Mounting root filesystem.

mount /sysroot

echo Setting up other filesystems.

setuproot

echo Switching to new root and running init.

switchroot

echo Booting has failed.

sleep -1

I'm using the ext3 filesystem, on an IDE harddrive. No RAID or LVM. I hope that helps you diagnose the problem.

I believe your mkrootdev command is wrong

Code:

mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/sdb5

Try regenerating your initrd file with :

Code:

rootdev=/dev/sdb5 mkinitrd

Check that the mkrootdev command has been correctly generated (gunzip | cpio)
Then edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and use your new initrd file that you have put in /boot

Also check that /dev/sdb5 indeed is an ext3 filesystem.

Code:

su -

mkdir /mnt/test

mount -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/sdb5 /mnt/test

And lastly check in quiet mode that inserting modules ext3 and jbd do not report errors at boot.

Thank you for the help -- I will try these things. Though I'm wondering why I'd have to edit menu.lst to use the 'new' initrd file. Shouldn't the mkinitrd command just overwrite the existing one?

You should give the initrd file to create as argument for mkinitrd.
It won't overwrite unless you specify the -f (force) option.
If you feel like you won't need the old one, go ahead.

When I tried the mkinitrd command this is what I got:

Code:

[root@localhost initrd]# rootdev=/dev/sdb5 mkinitrd

bash: mkinitrd: command not found

I don't have a clue what's wrong here.

btw, I checked, and /dev/hdb5 definitely has the ext3 filesystem

Did you try from a Fedora system (liveCD or rescue CD)?

Yes I did use a Fedora live CD -- I was able to mount my installed partition just fine and view the contents. I copied the initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img file to /tmp/initrd -- that's where I ran the "cat init" command to view the contents of the file. It's been a few days now, but I believe I also ran the mkinitrd command in the /tmp/initrd directory (I assumed here that once the new initrd file was created, I could copy it over to the installed partition).

I still don't understand though why it would return "command not found"...

Hi,

I think I might have the same issue as fire-tick. Exept I installed FC7 with lvm.
My system has also 2 SATA drives in raid.

I installed FC7 via the boot CD and via ftp. After installation, the kernel paniced at first reboot. I think the system is stuck on "mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00".

I used the commands Agrouf provided to read into init after starting from the rescue cd.

Code:

chroot /mnt/sysimage

mkdir /tmp/initrd

cp /boot/initrd* /tmp/initrd

cd /tmp/initrd

gunzip<initrd* | cpio -i -d

cat init

I tried:

Code:

[root@localhost initrd]# rootdev=/dev/sdb5 mkinitrd

but did not receive anything back from the prompt. So I supose something happened but I don't know what.

I read somewhere else that you can use mknitrd with options like --with=lvm --with=raid.

So I tried to

Code:

[root@localhost initrd] mkinitrd --force-lvm-probe 

--force-raid-probe --with=lvm --with=raid -f 

initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7

I suppose I did overwrite menu.lst in grub folder. After rebooting I still have the same issue.

Code:

"VolGroup00" was not found

Unable to access resume device (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01)

mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'

setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory

etc..

Can somebody tell me if I did something wrong by executing mkinitrd or if there is something else which is not correct?

Quote:

Originally Posted by fire-tick

I still don't understand though why it would return "command not found"...

It means that it doesn't find the command mkinitrd, which should be on your system.
I'm currently on holidays and don't have access to any fedora system, but from memory, it should be in /sbin or in /usr/sbin.
Save your /boot/initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 somewhere and try this :

Code:

rootdev=/dev/sdb5 /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7

Reboot and try.
If you don't have mkinitrd, copy it from the cd before chroot

Code:

cp /sbin/mkinitrd /mnt/sysimage/sbin

chroot /mnt/sysimage

(if it's not in sbin, it is in /usr/sbin and if it doesn't work in either directory, try "locate mkinitrd" or "find / -name mkinitrd")

Regards

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanoj21

I installed FC7 via the boot CD and via ftp. After installation, the kernel paniced at first reboot. I think the system is stuck on "mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00".

You probably have a problem with lvm not setup correctly in init

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanoj21

I used the commands Agrouf provided to read into init after starting from the rescue cd.

Code:

chroot /mnt/sysimage

mkdir /tmp/initrd

cp /boot/initrd* /tmp/initrd

cd /tmp/initrd

gunzip<initrd* | cpio -i -d

cat init

check that your init has a line starting with vgchange

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanoj21

I tried:

Code:

[root@localhost initrd]# rootdev=/dev/sdb5 mkinitrd

but did not receive anything back from the prompt. So I supose something happened but I don't know what.

mkinitrd doesn't write anything to stdout unless you tell it to or unless there are errors.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanoj21

I read somewhere else that you can use mknitrd with options like --with=lvm --with=raid.

So I tried to

Code:

[root@localhost initrd] mkinitrd --force-lvm-probe 

--force-raid-probe --with=lvm --with=raid -f 

initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7

it did create initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 in /tmp/initrd.
You should copy it to /boot

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanoj21

I suppose I did overwrite menu.lst in grub folder. After rebooting I still have the same issue.

If you didn't do it explicitely, it didn't edit menu.lst

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanoj21

Code:

"VolGroup00" was not found

Unable to access resume device (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01)

mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'

setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory

etc..

Can somebody tell me if I did something wrong by executing mkinitrd or if there is something else which is not correct?

try to copy mkinitrd to /tmp and edit it
change the line

Code:

vg_list=""

with

Code:

vg_list=VolGroup00

Run this /tmp/mkinitrd with your options.
Check that the new initrd has the correct vgchange (gunzip, cpio, cat init etc)
Copy the generated initrd file to /boot
Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to use this initrd
Reboot

Good Luck

I know where I screwed up before -- I missed the first part of Agrouf's post that said basically boot into rescue mode. So I booted into rescue mode, and followed all the steps. When I got to the rootdev=/dev/sdb5 mkinitrd part, I stalled for a bit, because i didn't have the right syntax. Then I did:

Code:

rootdev=/dev/sdb5 mkinitrd initrd-2.6.21-1.3195.fc7.img 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7

I changed the filenmae slightly so I wouldn't overwrite the existing one. Then I just got another prompt. I did 'ls' to see if there were 2 initrd files, but there was only one. Did I miss something? Or did it create the file somewhere else?

Agrouf,

I followed your instructions but I still cannot boot Fedora 7 on my system. I copied mkinitrd from /sbin. Updated vg_list which was empty with VolGroup00. I ran mkinitrd with the options previously specified.

The first error I receive is: After Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while..., it takes not even a second. The system says, no volume groups found. "VolumeGroup00" not found.

I shall submit my init, mkinitrd.log and mount info.

Code:

#!/bin/nash



mount -t proc /proc /proc

setquiet

echo Mounting proc filesystem

echo Mounting sysfs filesystem

mount -t sysfs /sys /sys

echo Creating /dev

mount -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs /dev /dev

mkdir /dev/pts

mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 /dev/pts /dev/pts

mkdir /dev/shm

mkdir /dev/mapper

echo Creating initial device nodes

mknod /dev/null c 1 3

mknod /dev/zero c 1 5

mknod /dev/systty c 4 0

mknod /dev/tty c 5 0

mknod /dev/console c 5 1

mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2

mknod /dev/rtc c 10 135

mknod /dev/tty0 c 4 0

mknod /dev/tty1 c 4 1

mknod /dev/tty2 c 4 2

mknod /dev/tty3 c 4 3

mknod /dev/tty4 c 4 4

mknod /dev/tty5 c 4 5

mknod /dev/tty6 c 4 6

mknod /dev/tty7 c 4 7

mknod /dev/tty8 c 4 8

mknod /dev/tty9 c 4 9

mknod /dev/tty10 c 4 10

mknod /dev/tty11 c 4 11

mknod /dev/tty12 c 4 12

mknod /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64

mknod /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65

mknod /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66

mknod /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67

echo Setting up hotplug.

hotplug

echo Creating block device nodes.

mkblkdevs

echo "Loading uhci-hcd.ko module"

insmod /lib/uhci-hcd.ko 

echo "Loading ohci-hcd.ko module"

insmod /lib/ohci-hcd.ko 

echo "Loading ehci-hcd.ko module"

insmod /lib/ehci-hcd.ko 

mount -t usbfs /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

echo "Loading mbcache.ko module"

insmod /lib/mbcache.ko 

echo "Loading jbd.ko module"

insmod /lib/jbd.ko 

echo "Loading ext3.ko module"

insmod /lib/ext3.ko 

echo "Loading scsi_mod.ko module"

insmod /lib/scsi_mod.ko 

echo "Loading sd_mod.ko module"

insmod /lib/sd_mod.ko 

echo "Loading libata.ko module"

insmod /lib/libata.ko 

echo "Loading sata_via.ko module"

insmod /lib/sata_via.ko 

echo Waiting for driver initialization.

stabilized --hash --interval 250 /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "Loading pata_via.ko module"

insmod /lib/pata_via.ko 

echo Waiting for driver initialization.

stabilized --hash --interval 250 /proc/scsi/scsi

echo "Loading dm-mod.ko module"

insmod /lib/dm-mod.ko 

echo "Loading dm-mirror.ko module"

insmod /lib/dm-mirror.ko 

echo "Loading dm-zero.ko module"

insmod /lib/dm-zero.ko 

echo "Loading dm-snapshot.ko module"

insmod /lib/dm-snapshot.ko 

echo Making device-mapper control node

mkdmnod

insmod /lib/scsi_wait_scan.ko

rmmod scsi_wait_scan

mkblkdevs

rmparts sdb

rmparts sda

dm create via_cghfdbhccb 0 240121727 mirror core 2 131072 nosync 2 8:0 0 8:16 0

echo Scanning logical volumes

lvm vgscan --ignorelockingfailure

echo Activating logical volumes

lvm vgchange -ay --ignorelockingfailure VolGroup00

resume /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01

echo Creating root device.

mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

echo Mounting root filesystem.

mount /sysroot

echo Setting up other filesystems.

setuproot

echo Switching to new root and running init.

switchroot

echo Booting has failed.

sleep -1

mkinitrd log

Code:

Creating initramfs

Looking for deps of module uhci-hcd

Looking for deps of module ohci-hcd

Looking for deps of module ehci-hcd

Looking for deps of module ext3: mbcache jbd 

Looking for deps of module mbcache

Looking for deps of module jbd

Looking for deps of module sata_via: scsi_mod libata 

Looking for deps of module scsi_mod

Looking for deps of module sd_mod: scsi_mod 

Looking for deps of module scsi_wait_scan: scsi_mod 

Looking for deps of module libata: scsi_mod 

Looking for deps of module pata_via: scsi_mod libata 

Looking for deps of module ide-disk

Looking for deps of module dm-mod

Looking for deps of module dm-mirror: dm-mod 

Looking for deps of module dm-zero: dm-mod 

Looking for deps of module dm-snapshot: dm-mod 

Looking for deps of module lvm

Looking for deps of module raid

Using modules:  /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/ata/libata.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_via.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_via.ko  /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mirror.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/md/dm-zero.ko /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/md/dm-snapshot.ko  

Building initrd in /tmp/initrd.WH4004

/sbin/nash -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/bin/nash

  /usr/lib/libnash.so.6.0.9 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libnash.so.6.0.9

  /usr/lib/libbdevid.so.6.0.9 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libbdevid.so.6.0.9

  /lib/libdevmapper.so.1.02 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libdevmapper.so.1.02

  /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.6 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.6

    /usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.6.0.0 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libparted-1.8.so.6.0.0

  /lib/libblkid.so.1 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libblkid.so.1

    /lib/libblkid.so.1.0 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libblkid.so.1.0

  /lib/libselinux.so.1 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libselinux.so.1

  /lib/libsepol.so.1 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libsepol.so.1

  /lib/libuuid.so.1 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libuuid.so.1

    /lib/libuuid.so.1.2 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libuuid.so.1.2

  /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libpopt.so.0

    /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0

  /lib/libresolv.so.2 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libresolv.so.2

    /lib/libresolv-2.6.so -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libresolv-2.6.so

      /lib/libc.so.6 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libc.so.6

        /lib/libc-2.6.so -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libc-2.6.so

          /lib/ld-lsb.so.3 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/ld-lsb.so.3

            /lib/ld-2.6.so -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/ld-2.6.so

  /lib/libdl.so.2 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libdl.so.2

    /lib/libdl-2.6.so -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libdl-2.6.so

  /usr/lib/libdhcp.so.1 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libdhcp.so.1

  /usr/lib/libnl.so.1 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libnl.so.1

    /usr/lib/libnl.so.1.0-pre5 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libnl.so.1.0-pre5

  /usr/lib/libdhcp4client-3.0.5.so.0 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libdhcp4client-3.0.5.so.0

  /usr/lib/libdhcp6client-0.10.so.0 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/usr/lib/libdhcp6client-0.10.so.0

  /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0

    /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.11 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.11

  /lib/libm.so.6 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libm.so.6

    /lib/libm-2.6.so -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libm-2.6.so

  /lib/libcrypto.so.6 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libcrypto.so.6

    /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8b -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8b

  /lib/libz.so.1 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libz.so.1

    /lib/libz.so.1.2.3 -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libz.so.1.2.3

/sbin/insmod -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/bin/insmod

/sbin/rmmod -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/bin/rmmod

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/uhci-hcd.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/ohci-hcd.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/ehci-hcd.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/mbcache.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/jbd.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/ext3.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/scsi_mod.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/sd_mod.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/ata/libata.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/libata.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_via.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/sata_via.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_via.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/pata_via.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/dm-mod.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mirror.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/dm-mirror.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/md/dm-zero.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/dm-zero.ko' [elf32-i386]

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/md/dm-snapshot.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/dm-snapshot.ko' [elf32-i386]

/sbin/lvm -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/bin/lvm

  /sbin/lvm.static -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/sbin/lvm.static

/etc/lvm -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/etc/lvm

`/etc/lvm/lvm.conf' -> `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/etc/lvm/lvm.conf'

Adding module scsi_wait_scan

copy from `/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_wait_scan.ko' [elf32-i386] to `/tmp/initrd.WH4004/lib/scsi_wait_scan.ko' [elf32-i386]

Adding module uhci-hcd

Adding module ohci-hcd

Adding module ehci-hcd

Adding module mbcache

Adding module jbd

Adding module ext3

Adding module scsi_mod

Adding module sd_mod

Adding module libata

Adding module sata_via

Adding module pata_via

Adding module dm-mod

Adding module dm-mirror

Adding module dm-zero

Adding module dm-snapshot

Adding dm map "via_cghfdbhccb"

This initrd uses dynamic shared objects.

Adding dynamic linker configuration files.

/etc/ld.so.conf -> /tmp/initrd.WH4004/etc/ld.so.conf

Running ldconfig

I did also run cat /proc/mounts

Code:

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0

/proc /proc proc rw 0 0

/dev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0

/dev/pts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0

/sys /sys sysfs rw 0 0

none /tmp ramfs rw 0 0

none /tmp/ramfs ramfs rw 0 0

/proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0

/tmp/loop0 /mnt/runtime squashfs ro 0 0

/selinux /selinux selinuxfs rw 0 0

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /mnt/sysimage ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/mapper/via_cghfdbhccbp3 /mnt/sysimage/boot ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0

/tmp/sysfs /mnt/sysimage/sys sysfs rw 0 0

/tmp/proc /mnt/sysimage/proc proc rw 0 0

/dev /mnt/sysimage/dev tmpfs rw 0 0

/selinux /mnt/sysimage/selinux selinuxfs rw 0 0

The new file I created was already in the /boot folder. I ran the dpkg and cat init command to check if the changes had been made, and indeed...

Code:

mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro sdb5

had changed to:

Code:

mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/sdb5

But, when I edited menu.lst to use the new initrd file, and re-booted, I still got kernel panic -- in fact, [what appears to be] the exact same series of errors to produce the kernel panic.

I think I'm going to re-install Mandriva for now.

Thanks anyway to everyone for their help. I'll keep an eye on this thread to see if a resolution is reached.

<EDIT: so as to not be a quitter, I'll stick it out w/ Fedora for a while. I really appreciate the fact that there is a community of folks that are willing and able to provide support>

Quote:

Originally Posted by fire-tick

The new file I created was already in the /boot folder. I ran the dpkg and cat init command to check if the changes had been made, and indeed...

Code:

mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro sdb5

had changed to:

Code:

mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/sdb5

Mandriva is a good distro.
I may have had guessed wrong, the problem isn't rootdev then.
If you decide to persist with Fedora, please post the first error that is displayed at boot and some errors after this one if possible.
If you decide to give up for the moment, that is understandable, you can always come back here later and I'll be happy to help if I can.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanoj21

What is the output of "pvdisplay" please?