Scott Simpson wrote:
SuSE 10.3
If I install any kernel after 2.6.22.19-0.1 I get the errors
Attempting manual resume Waiting for device /dev/sda2 to appear: !boot/01-devfunctions.sh: line 68: multipath: command not found
Does anyone know what's wrong? An earlier thread I found on this said to download the RPMs and install manually and I tried that and it doesn't work. I'm being forced to run old kernels.
Scott, I was hit with that on an 'update' from 10.3 to 11.0. There is a bug there with the kernel installer and grub, but I haven't had time to chase down exactly what is going on. What I bet is happening on your kernel install is that when /boot/grub/menu.lst is re-written, the installer is screwing up the kernel line 'root=' parameter. What you see is that when you boot, you get the grub menu and you select your openSuSE 10.3 entry, then the machine starts to boot normally and gets though the point where boot control is passed to root=/dev/whatever which isn't found, and then you get: Waiting for device /dev/sda2 to appear: And you get a prompt to retry, etc.. I don't have a step by step recover for you, but this problem needs to be fixed. I know we have all the necessary mental horsepower on the list to do it. I think the problem in your case is the misconfiguration of grub by the kernel installer. If you have 2.6.22.18 running now, you should make backups of the following files and post the contents to the list here: /boot/grub/device.map /boot/grub/device.map.old (if any) /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/grub.conf /etc/grub.conf.old (if any) /etc/grub.conf.noboot (if any) Then go load the 2.6.22.19-0.1 kernel and have the installer re-create the problem. (I hope you have another computer you can email on while this gets sorted out) Then post the same files as modified by the kernel install. With that information, I'm sure either I or someone smarter on the boot process here can get you through this issue. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org