<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I updated the kernel with the following command<br><br>up2date -f kernel*<br><br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> sureshskja skja <suresh_skja@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) <rhn-users@redhat.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, June 11, 2010 1:40:47 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic after updates.<br></font><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top"><div>Hi </div> <div> </div> <div>Can you tell me how you upgarded the kernel and could you paste the command which you perfromed for upgrading kernel.<br><br>Thanks & Regards,<br>SURESH S<br>Mob:-9742330058<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 11/6/10, Ramesh <i><cfmx07@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br></div> <blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);"><br>From: Ramesh <cfmx07@yahoo.com><br>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic after updates.<br>To: "Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com)" <rhn-users@redhat.com><br>Date: Friday, 11 June, 2010, 6:37 PM<br><br> <div id="yiv9423863"> <style type="text/css"></style> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">I can boot the kernel with older kernel after reinstalling GRUB. But that is too old kernel and at some point I need to update the kernel. <br><br>At some point I will need to update kernel again and face the same problem.<br><br> <div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"><br> <div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Aaron Bliss <abliss@brockport.edu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) <rhn-users@redhat.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, June 10, 2010 12:19:02 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [rhn-users] kernel panic after updates.<br></font><br>Can you try booting to an older kernel. This will help to eliminate <br>other hardware/software issues.<br><br>Aaron<br><br>On 6/10/2010 12:14 PM, Ramesh wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> While I was updating kernel in one of my RHEL 4 boxes, it prompted as<br>> below and then upon restart, the machine failed to boot up halting at<br>> the GRUB prompt. I was able to restore GRUB by "linux rescue" . But<br>> still, the system is not able to boot with the new kernel. It says<br>> "kernel panic"<br>><br>><br>> Installing...<br>> 1:kernel-xenU-devel ########################################### 100%<br><span>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>></span><br>> 2:kernel ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>><br>> WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.EL,<br>> continuing anyway<br>> 3:kernel-devel ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 4:kernel-doc ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 5:kernel-hugemem ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>><br>> WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.ELhugemem,<br>> continuing anyway<br>> 6:kernel-hugemem-devel ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 7:kernel-smp ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>><br>> WARNING: No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp,<br>> continuing anyway<br>> 8:kernel-smp-devel ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 9:kernel-utils ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>> 10:kernel-xenU ########################################### 100%<br>> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25">http://communities.vmware.com/community-document-picker.jspa?communityID=&subject=100%25</a>><br>><br>><br>> Also, while I try to boot the new kernel, it says as below:<br>><br>> Unable to find volume group "disk"<br>> no volume groups found<br>><br>> mount: error 6 mounting ext3<br>> mount: error 2 mounting none<br>><br>> I tried reinstalling Vmware tools, but of no avail. Also, tried using<br>> Buslogic driver for ESX 2.5 (as I couldn't find Buslogic driver for ESX<br>> 3.5) and that doesn't work either.<br>><br>> Do you have any clue how to fix this issue ?<br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> rhn-users mailing list<br>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rhn-users@redhat.com">rhn-users@redhat.com</a><br>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>rhn-users mailing list<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rhn-users@redhat.com">rhn-users@redhat.com</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a><br></div></div></div><br></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br> <div class="plainMail">_______________________________________________<br>rhn-users mailing list<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://in.mc954.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rhn-users@redhat.com">rhn-users@redhat.com</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div> </div><br> </body></html>