Kernel Panic with 2.44.22-1.2166

[Peter Draksler]

On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:19, Bobby Ryan Newberry wrote:
> I tried to use the new kernel today with some negative results. I 
> received a kernel panic with the following errors:
> 
> Kernel requires old insmod, but couldn't run /bin/insmod.old No such 
> file or directory
> 
> ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally
> 
> mount: error 19 mounting ext 3
> 
> pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
> 
> umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
> 
> Now I've upgraded before (am currently using 2.44.22-1.2149) without 
> problems, and I'm using the RPM. Does anyone have a clue as to what is 
> going on?
> 
> -Ryan Newberry

I came across this same problem this morning.  The problem was that my
initrd directory was missing from the root filesystem.  After booting
with a rescue CD and recreating initrd all was good.  

Hope that helps,

Peter