kernel.2166.athlon and initrd

[david walcroft]

david walcroft wrote:
> Up2date downloaded the kernel installed it but hung at the end and 
> did'nt complete,on checking /boot there was'nt a 2166.nptl.img file
> and no entry in grub.conf for the kernel.
> So I removed the kernel and D/L from my mirror a new one installed
> rpm -ivh and the same problem,so I used the command "mkinitrd /boot/
> initrd-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.img 2.4.22-1.2166.nptl" and it hung,then I
> added 'strace' and below is the last few lines of a long output.
> 
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
> pipe([3, 4])                            = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [], 8) = 0
> _llseek(255, -4173, [11275], SEEK_CUR)  = 0
> clone(child_stack=0, 
> flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, 
> child_tidptr=0xbf5790c8) = 26599
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x8075920, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x6eda58}, 
> {0x8075920, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x6eda58}, 8) = 0
> close(4)                                = 0
> read(3,
> 
> Any one able to help get this kernel up
> 
>  Thanks  david
> 
> 
Additional info : I ran top and umount was a runaway 95% cpu.
Probably caused by the install of kernel-2.4.22-1.2166-initrd.img
is this a possible bug or existing bug.

   david