<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Uncompressing Linux booting the kernel</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Redhat Nash 4.1.18 starting</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>File descriptor 3 left open</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Reading physical volumes This may take awhile</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>/dev/hda open failed: No media found --------------------------------- this is the CDROM</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No Volume groups found</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>File descriptor 3 left open</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Reading physical volumes This may take awhile</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>/dev/hda open failed: No media found</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No Volume groups found</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>File descriptor 3 left open</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Reading physical volumes This may take awhile</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>/dev/hda open failed: No media found</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No Volume groups found</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>m<SPAN class=094405013-25012006>ount error 6 mounting ext3 : 22</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>u<SPAN class=094405013-25012006>mount /initrd/dev failed :2 </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=094405013-25012006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN class=094405013-25012006></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>k<SPAN class=094405013-25012006>ernel panic not syncing attempted to kill init.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=094405013-25012006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thank you, you lead me to the reason why it was failing. I had to run mkinitrd --with=cciss to load the scsi adapter.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The file descriptor left open messages are just indications of files being left in open state?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks again!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=094405013-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Nayan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jonathan E Brassow<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B> LVM general discussion and development<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [linux-lvm] file descriptor 3 left open<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>What do you mean by "not working", the rpm command seems to think the files are installed... Take a look in /boot/grub/menu.lst and see if the kernel is in there and it is the default to boot (default = 0 for the first kernel listed) </DIV><BR> <DIV>brassow </DIV><BR> <DIV>On Jan 24, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Kapadia, Nayan U. wrote: </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>Thanks, but that looks okay to me.</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>Not working:</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>rpm -ql kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL |grep boot</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>/boot/System.map-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>/boot/config-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/mtd/redboot.ko</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>Working:</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>rpm -ql kernel-smp-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL |grep boot</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>/boot/System.map-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>/boot/config-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/mtd/redboot.ko</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV><BR><BR> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>Any ideas?</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <DIV><B><SMALL>From:</SMALL></B><SMALL> linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jonathan E Brassow</SMALL> </DIV> <DIV><B><SMALL>Sent:</SMALL></B><SMALL> Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:49 PM</SMALL> </DIV> <DIV><B><SMALL>To:</SMALL></B><SMALL> LVM general discussion and development</SMALL> </DIV> <DIV><B><SMALL>Subject:</SMALL></B><SMALL> Re: [linux-lvm] file descriptor 3 left open</SMALL> </DIV><BR> <DIV>IIRC, these are merely informative messages saying that, "Hey, the person who called me forgot to close some of their file descriptors, like they were suppose to. But don't worry, I'll close them for you." </DIV><BR> <DIV>That would have been too long though, so I think they chose a more cryptic message. </DIV><BR> <DIV>As far as your kernel installation problem, I'm not sure what's wrong there... </DIV><BR> <DIV>You could 'rpm -q kernel' (or rpm -qa | grep kernel) to see if it is installed. If it is, you could 'rpm -ql kernel-<the version> | grep boot' to see if the image was correctly installed... </DIV><BR> <DIV>brassow </DIV><BR> <DIV>On Jan 24, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Kapadia, Nayan U. wrote: </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>I keep seeing "file descriptor 3 left open" at boot after the initrd is loaded. The systems boots to the 2.6.9-22.0.1 kernel and works fine. I have ran fsck against all filesystems however the error messages still appears. I noticed that when I run system-config-lvm these errors are more predominant. </SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 13 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 3 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 4 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 8 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 9 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 10 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 11 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 12 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 13 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 3 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 4 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 8 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 9 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 10 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 11 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 12 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>File descriptor 13 left open</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>I recently installed the new kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2 but the system does not find kernel at boot. I think the file descriptor messages are a symptom to some greater problem. Please help.</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>thank you!</SMALL></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>Nayan</SMALL></FONT> </DIV><BR> <DIV>_______________________________________________ </DIV> <DIV>linux-lvm mailing list </DIV> <DIV>linux-lvm@redhat.com </DIV> <DIV>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm </DIV> <DIV>read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/_______________________________________________ </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>linux-lvm mailing list </DIV> <DIV>linux-lvm@redhat.com </DIV> <DIV>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm </DIV> <DIV>read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>