https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825904 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825904#c0 Summary: Kernel Packaging: Update Bootloader if&only if kernel installs OK Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: joschibrauchle@gmx.de QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/28.0.1500.52 Safari/537.36 On a system with very limited hard disk space, the following situation occured: 1) Kernel update is installed via zypper, but harddisk is full:

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# 2013-06-20 00:05:07 kernel-desktop-3.7.10-1.16.1.x86_64.rpm installed ok # Additional rpm output: # # Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-1.16-desktop # Initrd image: /boot/initrd-3.7.10-1.16-desktop # Root device: /dev/system/slash (mounted on / as ext4) # /usr device: /dev/system/usr (mounted on /usr as ext4) # Resume device: /dev/system/swap # Kernel Modules: thermal_sys thermal processor fan dm-mod dm-snapshot scsi_dh scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_emc xhci-hcd hid-logitech-dj linear # Features: acpi dm plymouth block usb lvm2 resume.userspace resume.kernel # cp: writing '/boot/initrd-3.7.10-1.16-desktop': No space left on device # cp: failed to extend '/boot/initrd-3.7.10-1.16-desktop': No space left on device # Failed to install initrd # There was an error generating the initrd (8) # 2013-06-20 00:05:07|install|kernel-desktop|3.7.10-1.16.1|x86_64||LNT:OpenSUSE12.3 OSS Update LNT|f8ac7830bb425fbc79ac4b2b5760385c4fa6796d4b4b36dd3106bd78b6458672| ------------- Problem: Why does it say "kernel-desktop-3.7.10-1.16.1.x86_64.rpm installed ok" when clearly the initrd could not be created? 2) The bootloader is updated to default to the new kernel. See /boot/grub/menu.lst: ------------- default 0 timeout 2 ...<cropped options> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Desktop -- openSUSE 12.3 - 3.7.10-1.16 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-3.7.10-1.16-desktop <cropped options> initrd /initrd-3.7.10-1.16-desktop ------------- Problem: System is unbootable (with this kernel) as initrd not working Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Update kernel with not enough HD space available 2. Reboot Actual Results: System tries to boot new kernel although initrd missing Expected Results: RPM should notice that mkinitrd failed. Then, bootloader should not be updated and package installation should fail. -- 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.