Coach-X writes:

Install new kernel:

omni:/tmp # rpm -ihv ./kernel-default-2.6.22.9-0.4.i586.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:kernel-default ########################################### [100%] Setting up /lib/modules/2.6.22.9-0.4-default

Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default

Does not appear the mkinitrd ran automatically, so I run it manually:

omni:~ # mkinitrd

Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default

Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/tmp/mkinitramfs.iv9111/mnt': File exists could not create temporary directory

Is the file system full? Can you create the directory by hand? mkinitrd is a shell script, you might want to check what's going wrong.

omni:/tmp # ll /var/tmp/ total 16 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 120 Oct 5 11:24 heartbeat-root -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 972 Oct 8 16:24 rpm-tmp.34363 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 914 Oct 5 12:55 rpm-tmp.61378 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 955 Oct 5 12:52 rpm-tmp.71553 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1059 Oct 8 16:22 rpm-tmp.83302 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 48 Sep 21 18:04 vi.recover drwx------ 4 root root 128 Oct 5 12:50 zypp.DFcf1I

omni:/boot/grub # stat /var/tmp/ File: `/var/tmp/' Size: 272 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 48425 Links: 5 Access: (1777/drwxrwxrwt) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2007-10-12 11:40:16.000000000 -0400 Modify: 2007-10-12 11:35:23.000000000 -0400 Change: 2007-10-12 11:35:23.000000000 -0400

The old initrd for 2.6.22.5-31 is there but the symlink now points to 2.6.22.9-0.4 which does not exist.

Anyone know why it could not create a directory under /var/tmp/ Or how to create a new initrd file?

mkinitrd -t /tmp chooses a /tmp as directory, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126