https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857868 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857868#c0 Summary: System Crashes after reboot following a kernel update Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: Liam.ODonnell@dit.ie QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0 Fault: initrd cannot be recreated with new kernel due to lack of space in /boot partition. Although there WAS enough space to download the new kernel files. There was NOT enough space to rebuild initrd. Configuration /boot partition ext4 with size 150mb What should happen IMHO: 1. Minimum. The kernel update should return an error if there is not enough space available to complete the kernel update operation. Thus any updates to menu.lst or the /boot partition should be undone pending a change to the boot sector size or unused space in the partition. (ie deleting unused older versions of the kernel). 2. Better Solution. During the kernel update phase, older versions of the kernel should be deleted along with any associated files. Its probably a good idea to retain the most recent kernel version (ie the one being replaced) in the event of any other errors. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create Boot partition with enough space to allow new kernel files to copied in but no enough space to recreate initrd 2. Perform zypper up 3. reboot machine Actual Results: Init splash screen appears (menu.lst options) After selecting the default (first option in my case) kernel panic error following by brug prompt. Work Around 1: a) Resetting menu.lst to point to previous kernel, b) reboot machine. onreboot c) delete older kernel files from boot partition d) set menu.lst to new kernel d) rebuild initrd e) reboot .. voila Workaround 2. In addition to above Increase space available to boot partition from 150mb to 300mb. Although this will not stop the problem recurring, it will take some time before it occurs again (hopefully by then a better update mechanism will be in place). -- 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.