RedHat 8.0 update issue
I had a good working system with RH7.2 so I decided to update it to RH8.0 :)
Install went fine untill reboot time. Got the following message: mount: error 6 mounting ext3 pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed 2 umount /initrd/proc failed 2 freeing unused kernel memory 240k freed kernal panic: no init found. Try passing init=option to kernal Boots OK from floppy - though I can't set the time (other things may not work but I haven't found them yet). Where do I start? I'm new to linux and I've searched the web for help and it goes straight over my head. Most sites talk like I know what I'm doing or I'm using RH 6.0 (!). |
Can you post the output of :
ls /boot so we can see what files you can use to boot. |
OK, here you go:
[root@zrx root]# ls /boot boot.0300 module-info-2.4.18-14debug boot.b module-info-2.4.18-14smp chain.b module-info-2.4.18-14uml config-2.4.18-14 os2_d.b config-2.4.18-14bigmem System.map config-2.4.18-14BOOT System.map-2.4.18-14 config-2.4.18-14debug System.map-2.4.18-14bigmem config-2.4.18-14smp System.map-2.4.18-14BOOT config-2.4.18-14uml System.map-2.4.18-14debug grub System.map-2.4.18-14smp initrd-2.4.18-14bigmem.img System.map-2.4.18-14uml initrd-2.4.18-14BOOT.img vmlinux-2.4.18-14 initrd-2.4.18-14debug.img vmlinux-2.4.18-14bigmem initrd-2.4.18-14.img vmlinux-2.4.18-14BOOT initrd-2.4.18-14smp.img vmlinux-2.4.18-14debug kernel.h vmlinux-2.4.18-14smp lost+found vmlinuz map vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 message vmlinuz-2.4.18-14bigmem message.ja vmlinuz-2.4.18-14BOOT module-info vmlinuz-2.4.18-14debug module-info-2.4.18-14 vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp module-info-2.4.18-14bigmem vmlinuz-2.4.18-14uml But I think I solved it anyway (this has been bugging me for two weeks now). :study: I removed append "root=/LABEL/" (or something like that) from lilo.conf and ran /sbin/lilo Rebooted fine. I'm now able to update the kernel. How do I remove old kernels? Just delete them? |
yup, if you want you can look at the thread I made in the General forum titled "Kernel panics". And, you can get rid of the old one without a problem. If they are rpms, use rpm -e, otherwise manually delete them and update lilo.conf
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OK, I'm a newbie. I know I boot 2.4.18-14bigmem what do I safely delete? I can't update the kernel because '...kernel update requires 2mb of space...'
This is the file list I have: file:/boot/grub file:/boot/lost+found file:/boot/boot.0300 file:/boot/boot.b file:/boot/chain.b file:/boot/config-2.4.18-14 file:/boot/config-2.4.18-14bigmem file:/boot/config-2.4.18-14BOOT file:/boot/config-2.4.18-14debug file:/boot/config-2.4.18-14smp file:/boot/config-2.4.18-14uml file:/boot/config-2.4.18-19.8.0 file:/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14bigmem.img file:/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14BOOT.img file:/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14debug.img file:/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img file:/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14smp.img file:/boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img file:/boot/kernel.h file:/boot/map file:/boot/message file:/boot/message.ja file:/boot/module-info file:/boot/module-info-2.4.18-14 file:/boot/module-info-2.4.18-14bigmem file:/boot/module-info-2.4.18-14debug file:/boot/module-info-2.4.18-14smp file:/boot/module-info-2.4.18-14uml file:/boot/module-info-2.4.18-19.8.0 file:/boot/os2_d.b file:/boot/System.map file:/boot/System.map-2.4.18-14 file:/boot/System.map-2.4.18-14bigmem file:/boot/System.map-2.4.18-14BOOT file:/boot/System.map-2.4.18-14debug file:/boot/System.map-2.4.18-14smp file:/boot/System.map-2.4.18-14uml file:/boot/System.map-2.4.18-19.8.0 file:/boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-14 file:/boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-14bigmem file:/boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-14BOOT file:/boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-14debug file:/boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-14smp file:/boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-19.8.0 file:/boot/vmlinuz file:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 file:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14bigmem file:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14BOOT file:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14debug file:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp file:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14uml file:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-19.8.0 |
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