After updating linux RedHat Enterprise EL with the latest kernel .rpm, I rebooted the server to use the new Kernel, but now get the above error on bootup.

I have tried all kernel choices from the bootloader (Grub) and they all do the same thing, except 1. My grub.conf contains the following: -

default=3
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-32.EL)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.EL ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-32.EL.img

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-32.ELsmp)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-32.ELsmp.img

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-27.0.4.EL)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL.img

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp.img

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp.img

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-27.0.2.EL)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.img

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-4.ELsmp)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-4.ELsmp.img

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES-up (2.4.21-4.EL)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img


My file system is as follows: -

/dev/sda6 /
/dev/sda3 /boot
/dev/shm swap
/dev/sda8 /tmp
/dev/sda5 /usr
/dev/sda7 /var
/dev/sda2 /home


I have tried replacing the root=LABEL=/ with root=/dev/sda3 or /dev/sda6
but with no luck.

All the image files and kernel binaries are in /boot

The permissions for the kernels are all rw-r--r, owned by root
The permissions for the .img files are all rw-r--r, owned by root

As my server is now using an old kernel and this seems like a grub misconfiguration, I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction as to why one option works (2.4.21-4.EL), but the rest don't?

Note: All the kernels prior to the upgrade used to work, so I cannot see the problem being with the kernels themselves.

Many thanks in advance.

There are a couple of mistakes. If the img files are in /boot then;

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-32.EL)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.EL root=/dev/hda6 ro
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21-32.EL.img

The only other thing is where the root partition is. If it is the primary (1) then above root (hd0,0)

Thanks for the tips, but I tried messing around with the parameters like you suggested, which resulted in the kernel image not being found at all. I think it boots from /boot, which is why the file paths are relative to /boot being the root partition, hence no /boot prefixed to the kernel path.

Also, as the working configuration also has its paths and root= setup the same way, I'm wondering if it isn't something other than the grub.conf?