reboot stops when initializing hardware... Help!
 

Hi, our file server cannot reboot now. It stops and the last two sentences on the screen are:

start udev
initializing hardware ...

I remember this week we update the kernel using yum to 2.6.12-1.1378_FC3smp and I also removed three rpm files from /root directory due to shortage of disk.

Is this problem caused by updating kernel or removing the 3 rpm files?

Help!

Removing rpm files won't hurt anything other that your ability to easily re-install said rpms without the bother of downloading again. Once the rpms are installed, the rpm packages are extra baggage. Not used in an running system.

I suspect that the upgraded kernel isn't configured correctly for your hardware. So, you could try booting from a live cd, mounting the partitions of the affected OS, and chrooting into that OS to see if you can do a kernel reconfig and compile.

there is a issue where certain kernels need updated udev also
but seems like yum would be aware of that

Well, now I guess it's caused by the latest kernel 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp. I haven't reboot the server since its last kernel update.

Anyone who knows if this 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp kernel is stable one?