kernel panic

[Doll, Margaret Ann]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I should have thought about booting from an
earlier version of the kernel.
I booted to the earlier version of the kernel, uninstalled the failing
kernel, reinstalled the new kernel, rebooted to and init 3 stage,
reinstalled NVIDIA and then rebooted to a full stage.



On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Doll, Margaret Ann <margaret_doll at brown.edu
> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Mertens, Bram <mertensb at mazdaeur.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2.6.something is the kernel version, you're probably on RHEL5 or RHEL6
>> (see /etc/redhat-release).  If you say you upgrade to 2.6 what redhat
>> release and kernel version were you on before?
>>
>> When you say the uninstall hung I assume you're referring to the
>> uninstallation of the NVidia drivers?
>>
>
> Yes.  I finally got the NVIDIA drivers uninstalled by booting up from a
> DVD, using the repair option.  I then installed the NVIDIA drivers on the
> same boot from the DVD.
>
>>
>> Have you tried booting from the previous kernel?
>>
>
> I will try that.
>
>
>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Bram
>>
>> >
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>> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Doll, Margaret Ann
>> > Sent: maandag 17 juni 2013 21:26
>> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>> > Subject: Re: kernel panic
>> >
>> > Version of RH is 2.6.32-279
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
>> > <margaret_doll at brown.edu
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > > I upgraded a working system to 2.6
>> > >
>> > > I then brought down the system to level 1 to upgrade the NVIDIA
>> drivers
>> > > with the new kernel.
>> > > The NVIDIA drivers installed along with the extra GLX drivers.  The
>> > > uninstall hung.
>> > >
>> > > Now I cannot boot the system.
>> > >
>> > > RAMDISK:  incomplete write (9338 !=32768)
>> > > write error
>> > > Kernel panic - not syncing:  VFS:  Unable to mount root fs on
>> > > unknown-block(0,0)
>> > > Pid: 1, comm:  swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1
>> > > Call Trace:
>> > >
>> > > [<ffffffff8150d4f8>] ? panic+0xa7/0x16f
>> > >                 81c283f2>] ? mount_block_root+0x1ea/0x29e
>> > >                 81002930>] ? bstat+0x2a0/0x970
>> > >                 81c284fc>] ? mount_root+0x56/0x5a
>> > >                 81c28670>] ? prepare_namespace+0x170/0x1a0
>> > >                 81                 kernel_init
>> > >                                     child_rip
>> > >                                     kernel_init
>> > >                                    child_rip
>> > >
>> > > What should I do next?
>> > >
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