Kernel update problems on sles 11

demwz · 10-28-2011, 03:53 AM

Hello,

i just updated a SLES 11 Server running on ESX to SP1.

originally the server was running on 2.6.27.54-0.2-pae. the update installed aditionally
2.6.32.36-0.5-default for some reason.
the fatal thing is it mkinitrd was not able to locate all needed modules for 2.6.32.36-0.5-default
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'ata_generic' found.
and to complete the mess made this the default kernel so the server did not come up again.

2 Questions
* Why does zypper update install additionally a different kernel pae /= default
* Why is ata_generic module not shipped with -default kernel

i recognized this problem on several systems and it is bugging be since it makes it impossible to reliably update a system unattended

John VV · 10-29-2011, 10:27 PM

seeing as you are paying novell , ask them .
but a guess

You have BOTH the PAE and DEFAULT installed

to check

Code:

su -
rpm -qa | grep kernel

you should ONLY see the PAE and the PAE-devel