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[Vahe Avedissian <vyav@xxxxxxxxx>]

I booted from the 64b installation DVD and chose boot installed system, and
that only tried to boot the "bad" kernel (i.e. system hangs with same errors).

I tried doing update system but that did not quit ego well. Can I even "update" 
a very
current 10.3 to the initial 10.3 DVD kernel level? Sounds like that may not 
work either.

I think I need to install a working kernel from scratch. I see openSuSE 
released a new kernel two
days back... 

Given I cannot boot to this machine what is the best way to install a new 
kernel? I can boot using
a live DVD (openSuSE Ubuntu, etc...) and try to compile the kernel and then 
copy it to the 10.3
kernel directory, but I am not sure this approach will work.

I notice yast did not save my old kernels so I cannot edit grub's menu.lst to 
use an older working
kernel. 

Is there a way to configure yast to not delete an old kernel when a new one is 
installed?

Giving I update to this non-function kernel using yast, I am still not clear 
why I seem to have ended up
with the wrong kernel. How do I protect from this happening again?

Thanks,

Vahe


----- Original Message ----
From: David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: suse <opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 10:48:00 AM
Subject: Re: [opensuse] openSuSe 10.3 hangs after kernel update


Jan 
Ritzerfeld 
wrote:
>
Am 
Montag, 
4. 
Februar 
2008 
schrieb 
Vahe 
Avedissian:
> >
I 
just 
used 
YaST 
to 
update 
to 
the 
latest 
kernel 
(vmlinuz-2.6.22.16-01). 
I
> >
am 
running 
openSuSE 
x64 
(AMD) 
and 
my 
machine 
now 
hangs 
early 
during 
the
> >
boot 
process 
with 
the 
following 
message 
repeated 
several 
times:
> >
request_module: 
runaway 
loop 
modprobe 
binfmt-464c
> >
I 
googled 
this 
and 
all 
I 
could 
find 
was 
either 
32bie 
ELF 
file 
on 
an 
x64
> >
bit 
machine, 
or 
a 
bad/incompatible 
disk 
controller 
driver.
>
For 
me, 
your 
problem 
looks 
like 
>
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333689
> >
I 
suspect 
the 
install 
did 
not 
go 
correctly. 
What 
is 
the 
best 
way 
to 
back
> >
off 
or 
undo 
the 
kernel 
update 
and 
revert 
to 
the
>
The 
easiest 
way 
would 
be 
to 
boot 
from 
the 
64 
bit 
installation 
DVD. 
Then, 
>
select 
the 
grub 
menu 
item 
"Boot 
Installed 
System". 
If 
this 
works, 
you 
will 
>
be 
able 
to 
re-install 
the 
correct 
x86_64 
kernel 
by 
simply 
using 
YaST.
>
HTH
>  
Jan

    
All 
of 
the 
old 
kernels 
are 
contained 
in 
the 
/updates 
repository.

-- 
David 
C. 
Rankin, 
J.D., 
P.E.
Rankin 
Law 
Firm, 
PLLC
510 
Ochiltree 
Street
Nacogdoches, 
Texas 
75961
Telephone: 
(936) 
715-9333
Facsimile: 
(936) 
715-9339
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