https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c2 --- Comment #2 from David Rankin 2008-02-02 16:22:54 MST --- Guys, Marcus A little more information. On another box with a promise chipset for the sata raid controller with software raid, I was able to manually install the new kernel and the resulting grub/menu.lst worked fine. The box on which the kernel install crashed has an nvidia chip for the sata raid. That may be the problem. The system is: Gigabyte N700SL 2 Gig of Ram Raid: 2 Seagate (ST3250410AS_6RY28WW1) SATA 250G drives in Raid 1 ATA: Maxtor_5T020H2_T2H34J2 as swap Disk hwinfo: 19: IDE 00.0: 10600 Disk [Created at block.233] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_Maxtor_5T020H2_T2H34J2C Unique ID: mE25.V+7Tc5PERGC Parent ID: WL76.ajaKpUCGCEF SysFS ID: /block/sda SysFS BusID: 0:0:0:0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0 Hardware Class: disk Model: "Maxtor 5T020H2" Vendor: "Maxtor" Device: "5T020H2" Revision: "TAH7" Driver: "pata_amd", "sd" Driver Modules: "pata_amd" Device File: /dev/sda Device Files: /dev/sda, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_5T020H2_T2H34J2C, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_5T020H2_T2H34J2C, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-0:0:0:0, /dev/disk/by-id/edd-int13_dev81 Device Number: block 8:0-8:15 Drive status: no medium Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #14 (IDE interface) 20: IDE 200.0: 10600 Disk [Created at block.233] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_ST3250410AS_6RY28WW1 Unique ID: DQI9.PA8elprgCt8 Parent ID: gZD2.ez4XE9HVEw7 SysFS ID: /block/sdb SysFS BusID: 2:0:0:0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 Hardware Class: disk Model: "ST3250410AS" Device: "ST3250410AS" Revision: "3.AA" Driver: "sata_nv", "sd" Driver Modules: "sata_nv" Device File: /dev/sdb Device Files: /dev/sdb, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250410AS_6RY28WW1, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250410AS_6RY28WW1, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:0b.0-scsi-0:0:0:0, /dev/disk/by-id/edd-int13_dev80 Device Number: block 8:16-8:31 Drive status: no medium Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #15 (IDE interface) 21: IDE 300.0: 10600 Disk [Created at block.233] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_ST3250410AS_6RY28WWZ Unique ID: gbYD.PA8elprgCt8 Parent ID: gZD2.ez4XE9HVEw7 SysFS ID: /block/sdc SysFS BusID: 3:0:0:0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0 Hardware Class: disk Model: "ST3250410AS" Device: "ST3250410AS" Revision: "3.AA" Driver: "sata_nv", "sd" Driver Modules: "sata_nv" Device File: /dev/sdc Device Files: /dev/sdc, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250410AS_6RY28WWZ, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250410AS_6RY28WWZ, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:0b.0-scsi-1:0:0:0, /dev/disk/by-id/edd-int13_dev80 Device Number: block 8:32-8:47 Drive status: no medium Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #15 (IDE interface) Boot and Mount Info: 17:09 bonza~> sudo cat /boot/grub/menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Jan 4 14:00:43 CST 2008 default 0 timeout 3 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,0)/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.13-0.3 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-default root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part2 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=0 showopts initrd /initrd-2.6.22.13-0.3-default ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.13-0.3 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-default root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3 initrd /initrd-2.6.22.13-0.3-default 17:11 bonza~> cat /etc/fstab /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part2 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part1 /boot ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part3 /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/sda1 /data ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_5T020H2_T2H34J2C-part2 swap swap defaults 0 0 17:09 bonza~> df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part2 20641788 6952760 12640388 36% / udev 1038168 120 1038048 1% /dev /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part1 69972 20647 45712 32% /boot /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part3 219648612 18501700 189989368 9% /home /dev/sda1 17551956 176200 16484152 2% /data 17:10 bonza~> mount /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part2 on / type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part1 on /boot type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part3 on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/sda1 on /data type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) Let me know what else you need. I would like to help solve this one so I can keep the production box updated. Thanks for all your effort. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User hare@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c3 Hannes Reinecke changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com --- Comment #3 from Hannes Reinecke 2008-02-05 04:21:04 MST --- Can you please run 'mkinitrd' separately after you've installed the kernel? This will help us to isolate errors. Thank you. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c5 --- Comment #5 from David Rankin 2008-02-05 18:00:49 MST --- Ok Hannes, This is depressing! I can't even create an initrd manually. I may never be able to update a kernel again. I am beginning to think the latest YOU update of mkinitrd installed a mkinitrd that broke sata_nv support. Obviously the old mkinitrd worked because I have updated all kernels prior to 2.6.22.16 without any problems. Anyway, to provide you with the requested data, I downloaded and attempted to install kernel-default-2.6.22.16-0.2. No joy: -rw-r--r-- 1 david users 21200359 2008-02-04 18:32 kernel-default-2.6.22.16-0.2.i586.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 david users 51563524 2008-02-04 18:32 kernel-source-2.6.22.16-0.2.i586.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 david users 1886853 2008-02-04 18:33 kernel-syms-2.6.22.16-0.2.i586.rpm The rpm -ivh install proceeded and installed the kernel image, but crashed while attempting to create the initrd. Manual attempts to create the initrd also fail: 18:46 root@bonza:/boot # mkinitrd -v -k /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.16-0.2-default -i /boot/initrd-2.6.22.16-0.2-default Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.16-0.2-default Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.16-0.2-default Root device: /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part2 (mounted on / as ext3) Resume device: /dev/sda5 device-mapper: deps ioctl failed: No such device or address Command failed Device does not exist. Command failed Device does not exist. Command failed [BLOCK] /dev/sdc -> sata_nv [BLOCK] /dev/sdc -> sd_mod [BLOCK] /dev/sdb -> sata_nv [BLOCK] /dev/sdb -> sd_mod Device sda5 not found in sysfs Script /lib/mkinitrd/setup/72-block.sh failed! The contents of the boot directory is now: 18:47 root@bonza:/boot # l total 15473 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 3072 2008-02-05 17:16 ./ drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2008-02-05 17:19 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-02-05 17:14 1 -rw------- 1 root root 512 2008-01-02 21:29 backup_mbr lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 2008-01-02 21:03 boot -> ./ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80417 2007-11-26 10:28 config-2.6.22.13-0.3-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80417 2008-02-04 10:58 config-2.6.22.16-0.2-default drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2008-02-05 17:08 grub/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2008-02-05 17:16 initrd -> initrd-2.6.22.13-0.3-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4333882 2008-01-04 14:00 initrd-2.6.22.13-0.3-default drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2008-01-02 20:53 lost+found/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 389120 2008-01-02 21:29 message -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 416 2008-02-05 17:17 mkinitrd_error -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 138012 2007-11-26 10:28 symsets-2.6.22.13-0.3-default.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101420 2008-02-04 11:21 symsets-2.6.22.16-0.2-bigsmp.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100722 2008-02-04 11:08 symsets-2.6.22.16-0.2-debug.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100460 2008-02-04 10:59 symsets-2.6.22.16-0.2-default.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 99499 2008-02-04 11:20 symsets-2.6.22.16-0.2-xenpae.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 98646 2008-02-04 11:23 symsets-2.6.22.16-0.2-xen.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400512 2007-11-26 10:29 symtypes-2.6.22.13-0.3-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400576 2008-02-04 10:59 symtypes-2.6.22.16-0.2-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116255 2007-11-26 10:28 symvers-2.6.22.13-0.3-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116297 2008-02-04 10:59 symvers-2.6.22.16-0.2-default.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842873 2007-11-26 10:21 System.map-2.6.22.13-0.3-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842873 2008-02-04 10:55 System.map-2.6.22.16-0.2-default -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2147504 2007-11-26 10:27 vmlinux-2.6.22.13-0.3-default.gz* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2146800 2008-02-04 10:57 vmlinux-2.6.22.16-0.2-default.gz* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2008-02-05 17:16 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1594028 2007-11-26 10:21 vmlinuz-2.6.22.13-0.3-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1593820 2008-02-04 10:55 vmlinuz-2.6.22.16-0.2-default I have also done another save_y2logs in case you want that data. Let me know what else I can do or send to help with this problem. ALSO if you get to the point where you need actual access to the box for testing, contact me privately and I will work with you there as well. The box is the production server for my office which is in town, so I can get to the physical box without any problem in case we need to. Thank you for all your help! -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c7 --- Comment #7 from David Rankin 2008-02-05 22:10:04 MST --- Guys, Would it be worth trying to downgrade mkinitrd to mkinitrd-2.1-36.2.i586.rpm and see if the initrd can be built? -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 Hannes Reinecke changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|hare@novell.com |agraf@novell.com Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com | -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User alex@csgraf.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c9 --- Comment #9 from Alexander Graf 2008-02-06 00:57:07 MST --- The problem you are facing is the resume device option. Mkinitrd reads that from the kernel command line, where something like "resume=/dev/sda5" appears to be written on. If you remove that part from the command line by editing your menu.lst or removing it while booting in grub, you can create an initrd again. This is only a workaround, so I will write a patch to make the resume device non-fatal, as you are not the first person to see this problem. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c11 --- Comment #11 from David Rankin 2008-02-06 06:05:59 MST --- Alexander, You did it! The patch appears to have worked (I still have to reboot): 06:43 root@bonza:/boot # mkinitrd -v -k /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.16-0.2-default -i /boot/initrd-2.6.22.16-0.2-default Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.16-0.2-default Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.16-0.2-default Root device: /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part2 (mounted on / as ext3) [BLOCK] /dev/sdc -> sata_nv [BLOCK] /dev/sdc -> sd_mod [BLOCK] /dev/sdb -> sata_nv [BLOCK] /dev/sdb -> sd_mod [MODULES] 02-start.sh: processor thermal pata_amd sata_nv fan jbd ext3 edd [MODULES] 03-dm.sh: dm-mirror [MODULES] 03-dm.sh: dm-mod [MODULES] 03-dm.sh: dm-snapshot [MODULES] 11-block.sh: sata_nv sd_mod [MODULES] 11-usb.sh: usbcore [MODULES] 11-usb.sh: ohci_hcd [MODULES] 11-usb.sh: uhci-hcd [MODULES] 11-usb.sh: ehci_hcd [MODULES] 11-usb.sh: usbhid [MODULES] 84-mount.sh: ext3 Kernel Modules: processor thermal scsi_mod libata pata_amd sata_nv fan jbd mbcache ext3 edd dm-mod dm-log dm-mirror dm-snapshot sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid [MOUNT] Root: /dev/mapper/nvidia_haheegdb_part2 Features: dm block usb dmraid kpartx resume.userspace resume.kernel Bootsplash: SuSE (800x600) Shared libs: lib/ld-2.6.1.so lib/libacl.so.1.1.0 lib/libattr.so.1.1.0 lib/libblkid.so.1.0 lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 lib/libc-2.6.1.so lib/libdevmapper.so.1.02 lib/libdl-2.6.1.so lib/libext2fs.so.2.4 lib/libgcc_s.so.1 lib/libgcrypt.so.11.2.3 lib/libgpg-error.so.0.3.0 lib/libhistory.so.5.2 lib/libncurses.so.5.6 lib/libnsl-2.6.1.so lib/libpthread-2.6.1.so lib/libreadline.so.5.2 lib/librt-2.6.1.so lib/libutil-2.6.1.so lib/libuuid.so.1.2 lib/libvolume_id.so.0.79.0 lib/libz.so.1.2.3 usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0.0.0 usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0.0.0 usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0.0.0 usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1400.1 usr/lib/liblzo2.so.2.0.0 usr/lib/libpcre.so.0.0.1 usr/lib/libsplashycnf.so.1.0.0 usr/lib/libsplashy.so.1.0.0 lib/libnss_files-2.6.1.so lib/libnss_files.so.2 lib/libgcc_s.so.1 18427 blocks I'll report back after rebooting. I'm offsite so I'm crossing my fingers... -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c13 --- Comment #13 from David Rankin 2008-02-06 07:31:28 MST --- Question, Now, how do I fix Yast->Software Management that still wants to load the 2.6.22.16-0.2-default kernel packages as an update? zypper up correctly sees that 2.6.22.16-0.2-default is installed, but Yast->SM seems confused on the issue. Do I have to do rpm --rebuilddb? -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 Hannes Reinecke changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User oen@dsl.pipex.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c17 --- Comment #17 from Occo Eric Nolf 2008-02-18 18:47:44 MST --- Interesting ... I received by email comment #16 by Anja Stock who seems not to be pleased about the way this bug is handled - but the comments #15 and #16 appear to be missing in the database. I may refer Anja - who mentioned mkinitrd in her comment - to bug #333753, opened by me on October 14, 2007. There you can see a much better example of a bug being manhandled. No one ever took that bug seriously, even to the point where it was stated that mkinitrd scripts had been corrected - which turns out to be untrue. I've removed openSuse from my systems by now, so if it's just for me - don't bother anymore. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User hmuelle@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c19 Harald Mueller-Ney changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info Provider|ast@novell.com |hare@novell.com --- Comment #19 from Harald Mueller-Ney 2008-02-19 04:05:49 MST --- Release needinfo to get attention of Hannes. Hannes, please descripe fix, impact and what packages are hit. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User hmuelle@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c21 --- Comment #21 from Harald Mueller-Ney 2008-02-19 06:45:26 MST --- SWAMPID for update: 16372 Please submit fixed package and patchinfo -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User hare@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c22 Hannes Reinecke changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #22 from Hannes Reinecke 2008-03-06 05:15:53 MST --- Updated mkinitrd rpm & patchinfo submitted. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725 User ast@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357725#c24 --- Comment #24 from Anja Stock 2008-03-11 06:07:49 MST --- released -- 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.