[Bug 257340] New: After this mornings update Kernel fails to boot with Error 23 (Error while parsing number)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 Summary: After this mornings update Kernel fails to boot with Error 23 (Error while parsing number) Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Alpha 2 Platform: i686 OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Blocker Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: casualprogrammer@yahoo.com QAContact: qa@suse.de On an FSC Amilo Si1520 with openSuSE 10.3 alpha2plus, after updating to Kernel 2.6.21-rc4-git5-3-default the system is left unbootable :-( -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #1 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 01:16 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=126365) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=126365&action=view) Screenshot of Error -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #2 from mboman@novell.com 2007-03-25 01:41 MST ------- Yhea, I had the same. You can press ESC at the Graphical Grub menu, then hit 'E' (For edit) on the menu entry for the new kernel, then 'E' again on the line that say; root (/dev/sda4) Change it to say; root (hd0,3) Then hit Enter, then hit 'B' for boot. Once the machine is booted, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to reflect the above changes. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #3 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 03:19 MST ------- Thanks Magnus ! -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #4 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 05:22 MST ------- Not quite :-( The Kernel does not recognize the disk, to me it looks like it is missing serial ata support, see screenshot. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #5 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 05:23 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=126369) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=126369&action=view) Screeshot of bootsequence with error -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 jeffm@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |casualprogrammer@yahoo.com ------- Comment #6 from jeffm@novell.com 2007-03-25 13:04 MST ------- There are two different problems here. The first was addressed correctly in comment #2, though I'm not sure how root(/dev/sda4) made it into menu.lst. Did you edit that by hand, or is that something we need to track? The second isn't that you're missing SATA support. You can see in the top of your photo that it found the SATA disk and initialized it as sda. It appears that somehow /dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU... isn't getting created. What are the contents of /dev/disk/by-id when the boot fails? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 casualprogrammer@yahoo.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|casualprogrammer@yahoo.com | ------- Comment #7 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 15:18 MST ------- "There are two different problems here. The first was addressed correctly in comment #2, though I'm not sure how root(/dev/sda4) made it into menu.lst. Did you edit that by hand, or is that something we need to track?" This got there by itself, repeatedly. "It appears that somehow /dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU... isn't getting created. What are the contents of /dev/disk/by-id when the boot fails?" I just updated al kernel related rpms from the dvd and nothing else. Now I can boot to the old kernel again. I keep you posted what happens if I retry. Anyway, I suggest ( enhancement ) that existing kernels get only deleted after a successful boot to the new one. ( Makes life somewhat easier IMHO ) -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #8 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 15:31 MST ------- OK, here it goes: I could boot to the "old" kernel and start YaST, I then installed the debug kernel (2.6.21-rc4-git5-3-debug), which I could boot to without problem. Started YaST again and updated the default kernel, this time booting default had no sign of problem 1 ( comment #2 - how do you actually insert the nice links ??), but ended up on having problem 2 again. /dev/disk/by-id is attached. Booting to the debug kernel still works flawless. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #9 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 15:34 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=126384) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=126384&action=view) This is what /dev/disk/by-id looks like when booting debug -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #10 from mboman@novell.com 2007-03-25 15:35 MST ------- I think we (by we, I mean you Mr Casual J Programmer :-) should create a new bug report for the second issue. The first one needs to be investigated. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #11 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 15:56 MST ------- Sorry, I wasn't finished yet, the erroneous /dev/disk/by-id follows as screenshot. No problem opening a second bug, if you suggest a title and product to file it against. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #12 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-25 15:59 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=126386) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=126386&action=view) Screenshot of ls /dev/disk/by-id for kernel default -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 ------- Comment #13 from casualprogrammer@yahoo.com 2007-03-29 06:06 MST ------- After this mornings update it seems to be resolved ( kernel 2.6.21-rc5-2-default ) -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257340 gregkh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #14 from gregkh@novell.com 2007-03-29 11:03 MST ------- ok, thanks for testing, closing bug out. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
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