On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dale wrote: > >> >> I think I got it all sorted and am building a new kernel. It will have >> a -2 on the end instead of a -1. I'll test it in a bit. I got some >> things to prepare for tomorrow plus we have storms coming in tonight. >> The rain is already on the radar and it is a bit windy here. May take a >> bit before I reboot. Just depends. ;-) >> >> I'm hoping to get this sorted so I can then move on to more issues, and >> maybe a new thread. lol >> >> Will reply in a bit on what blows up. ROFL >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > > > Well, I rebooted. I'm also back to my old kernel. The new kernel broke > all sorts of things. I thought about writing down the errors until I > saw how many there was. It was PAGES of problems. It booted to a prompt > tho. One thing I noticed, LVM failed. I have a drive that has LVM on > it and it would not mount although LVM service was started. I even > restarted it and it reported no errors when starting. I dunno. > > So, this appears to be nowhere close to fixed. Right now, this is on my > nerves again. Let me know what you want me to post but right now, I'm > going to go have a sit down. I'll count those things hanging from the > ceiling or something. I can't recall what they call them but I count > them sometimes. > > If I was eyeball to eyeball with the dev that started this, I could > patent and new color of purple/blue. You know, hands around the neck > and all. :/ > > I'm attaching the dmesg from the failed attempt. It's a whopper. I'm > not sure all the errors are in there either. Here's grub line: > > title=Initramfs-new_kernel > root (hd0,0) > kernel /bzImage-3.2.11-2 root=/dev/sda3 init=/sbin/init rd.debug > rd.udev.debug nox > initrd /initramfs-3.2.11.img > > I also tried other settings for the root line but that was the only one > that worked. > > Thoughts? Should I just switch and save myself the aggravation? > > Back to my hole.
Actually, the initramfs finished without a single error: between [ 1.962007] dracut: + source_conf /etc/conf.d and [ 2.395576] dracut: Switching root there is not a single error. The initramfs did what it needed to do; the user space failed *after* initramfs switched root. Did you recreated the initramfs after the kernel recompilation? 1st rule of non-trivial initramfs: you need to recreate it everytime you change kernels. Which partition is the LVM one? /home or /data? Either way, either partition should not matter to boot the system correctly. We need to see the errors *after* the initramfs switched root; maybe you can delete /var/log/messages, reboot, and post it? Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
