Kernel Panic with 2.44.22-1.2166

[Bobby Ryan Newberry]

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> On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:19, Bobby Ryan Newberry wrote:
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>>> I tried to use the new kernel today with some negative results. I 
>>> received a kernel panic with the following errors:
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>>> Kernel requires old insmod, but couldn't run /bin/insmod.old No such 
>>> file or directory
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>>> ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally
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>>> mount: error 19 mounting ext 3
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>>> pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
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>>> umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
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>>> 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?
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>>> -Ryan Newberry
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>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.  
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>Hope that helps,
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>Peter
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Could you be a little more specific? I'm not exactly sure what you mean 
by "recreating initrd."

-Ryan Newberry