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Old 08-26-2009, 03:46 AM   #1
drfunky
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mkinitrd failing after automatic updates --> machine upbootable

Hi everyone,

I'm running a dual-boot Vista/OpenSuSE machine. It normally works fine, but occasionally after updating the system rebooting fails. Obviously, this is both frustrating and a bit scary.

The first time, both /boot/grub/menu.lst and /boot/initrd were missing or corrupted. The 2nd and 3rd time it seems to be only /boot/initrd with problems. I have managed to fix it each time using the dvd repair utility followed by Super Grub Disk.

At first I thought this had something to do with my boot setup, but after searching around a bit I saw some errors in y2logmkinitrd log file. I'll put the complete file contents after the post.

Anyone have any ideas? I don't know enough about mkinitrd to know how to approach a problem like this.

Thanks in advance,
Jesse


Code:
jesse-local@alix:~> sudo cat /var/log/YaST2/y2logmkinitrd
root's password:                                         

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-default 
Root device:    /dev/sda6 (mounted on / as ext3)
Kernel Modules: hwmon thermal_sys processor thermal fan jbd mbcache ext3 dock scsi_mod libata ahci edd crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid                                                                                       
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel                                
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)                                                    
26580 blocks                                                                            

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-default 
Root device:    /dev/sda6 (mounted on / as ext3)
Kernel Modules: hwmon thermal_sys processor thermal fan jbd mbcache ext3 dock scsi_mod libata ahci edd crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid                                                                                       
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel                                
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)                                                    
26580 blocks                                                                            
2009-01-16 15:08:21 WARNING: GRUB::GrubDev2UnixDev: No partition found for /dev/sda with 3.                                                                                     

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-default 
Root device:    /dev/sda6 (mounted on / as ext3)
Kernel Modules: hwmon thermal_sys processor thermal fan jbd mbcache ext3 dock scsi_mod libata ahci edd crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid                                                                                       
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel                                
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)                                                    
26580 blocks                                                                            
2009-01-16 15:09:00 WARNING: GRUB::GrubDev2UnixDev: No partition found for /dev/sda with 3.                                                                                     

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.25-0.1-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.25-0.1-default 
node name not found                                
Root device (/dev/sda6) not found                  

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.25-0.1-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.25-0.1-default 
Root device:    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500AAJS-75B4A0_WD-WMAT15666892-part6 (/dev/sda6) (mounted on / as ext3)                                                              
Kernel Modules: dock scsi_mod libata ahci ata_piix ata_generic ide-core piix ide-pci-generic jbd mbcache ext3 crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid                                                                                
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel                                
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)                                                    
26613 blocks                                                                            

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.25-0.1-trace
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.25-0.1-trace 
Root device:    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500AAJS-75B4A0_WD-WMAT15666892-part6 (/dev/sda6) (mounted on / as ext3)                                                              
FATAL: Module ata_generic not found.                                                    
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'ata_generic' found.                         
FATAL: Module piix not found.                                                           
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'piix' found.                                
FATAL: Module ide_pci_generic not found.                                                
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'ide_pci_generic' found.                     
FATAL: Module usbhid not found.                                                         
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'usbhid' found.                              
Kernel Modules: dock scsi_mod libata ahci ata_piix jbd mbcache ext3 crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd                                                        
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel                                
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)                                                    
25832 blocks                                                                            

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.29-0.1-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.29-0.1-default
Root device:    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500AAJS-75B4A0_WD-WMAT15666892-part6 (/dev/sda6) (mounted on / as ext3)
Kernel Modules: dock scsi_mod libata ahci ata_piix ata_generic ide-core piix ide-pci-generic jbd mbcache ext3 crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)
26616 blocks

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.29-0.1-trace
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.29-0.1-trace
Root device:    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500AAJS-75B4A0_WD-WMAT15666892-part6 (/dev/sda6) (mounted on / as ext3)
FATAL: Module ata_generic not found.
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'ata_generic' found.
FATAL: Module piix not found.
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'piix' found.
FATAL: Module ide_pci_generic not found.
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'ide_pci_generic' found.
FATAL: Module usbhid not found.
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'usbhid' found.
Kernel Modules: dock scsi_mod libata ahci ata_piix jbd mbcache ext3 crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)
25834 blocks

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.29-0.1-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.29-0.1-default
Root device:    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500AAJS-75B4A0_WD-WMAT15666892-part6 (/dev/sda6) (mounted on / as ext3)
Kernel Modules: dock scsi_mod libata ahci ata_piix ata_generic ide-core piix ide-pci-generic jbd mbcache ext3 crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)
26616 blocks

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.29-0.1-trace
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.27.29-0.1-trace
Root device:    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500AAJS-75B4A0_WD-WMAT15666892-part6 (/dev/sda6) (mounted on / as ext3)
FATAL: Module ata_generic not found.
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'ata_generic' found.
FATAL: Module piix not found.
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'piix' found.
FATAL: Module ide_pci_generic not found.
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'ide_pci_generic' found.
FATAL: Module usbhid not found.
WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'usbhid' found.
Kernel Modules: dock scsi_mod libata ahci ata_piix jbd mbcache ext3 crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd
Features:       block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1280x1024)
25834 blocks
 
Old 09-29-2009, 11:19 PM   #2
hedge-hog
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I've seen the same mkinitrd partition error in openSUSE...
Can you post the results of running (as root):

Code:
# hwinfo --partition|grep --context=15 /dev/sda
TIA
Last edited by hedge-hog; 09-29-2009 at 11:20 PM. Reason: Typos
 
Old 09-30-2009, 01:20 AM   #3
hedge-hog
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You may like to track and give your feedback on the mkinitrd warning issue here:

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543076
 
Old 09-30-2009, 04:58 PM   #4
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If anyone else is seeing this issue, please see here for futher discussions:

http://forums.opensuse.org/install-b...ml#post2030599
 
  


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