https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871704
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871704#c76
--- Comment #76 from Joachim Banzhaf
Are you sure that the initrd matches the kernel you are booting?
Yes, pretty sure. I trust the opensuse installation does the right thing there. As I wrote in the forum, I installed another opensuse 13.1 instance, even with current network updates. I used the same /boot (/dev/sda1, ext3, 500 MB, not formatting) and a new lv for root in the same vg as the original system. This method has worked on earlier occations on other servers (but not tried before with v13.1). /boot/grub2/grub.conf menuentry kernel and initrd are both 3.11.10-17-desktop They have the timestamp from the install.
Before you build a new initrd, please double check that /boot is mounted. Otherwise you will boot the new kernel with an old initrd. This will cause a load failure of most modules due to kernel version mismatch.
I do not know how to run mkinitrd on that defect system myself. I tried from the 13.1 dvd rescue system, but it says "getopts: usage: getopts optstring name [arg]" no matter what parameters I call it with. I did run mkinitrd for integrating new boot filesystem modules before on other systems. But only from the "native", more or less healthy os.
If this doesn't help, could you attach a serial console log from the boot? In addition, please attach the initrd you were using.
Difficult. I have an usb to serial adapter but nowhere to attach it to. But I'll try to get the initrd off of the server. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.