Can't boot kernel-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

Mel wrote:
> I didn't get a response to my last post so I must have done something 
> wrong. Let me try again with a different subject.
> 
> I am trying to solve a boot problem.
> 
> What I think happened was that a series of fast AC power transients 
> caused my system to attempt power recover many( don't know how many) 
> times quickly.
> 
> A file somewhere is corrupt. I cannot boot into
> kernel-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5 without getting a panic.
> 
> I can boot into kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 with no problem.
> 
> Thanks to some help here, I removed and reinstalled 
> kernel-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5.
> 
> This did not solve the problem. After reinstalling, I still get the 
> panic with kernel-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5 and kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 still 
> boots OK.
> 
> What power recovery related file might be corrupt that would affect one 
> kernel and not another but not be deleted/replaced with a remove and 
> reinstall of the kernel?
> 
> Mel
> 

There is a problem with the new FC-5 kernel when you have / on raid 5 
arrays.  mkinitrd is trying to load raid5 when it should be loading 
raid456.  If this is your problem, then the fix is to boot into a 
working kernel and do:

mkinitrd -vf --with=raid456 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5.img \ 
2.6.18-1.2200.fc5

There is a bz on this, don't recall the number.

HTH.

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