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Date:  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:45:19 -0800
From:  "Ken Marcus -  Precision Web Hosting, Inc." <kenmarcus (at mark) precisionweb.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:04323] Re: Kernel update error after YUM
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <02a801c64c80$dc5b1780$6700a8c0@youro1n9oy17sk>
References:  <20060320200354.M20532 (at mark) trucknet.co.nz>
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> Last weekend I ran yum update and it included the new kernel 2.6.9-34
> Trying a reboot it failed with critical synch errors
> I then restarted off the old img 2.6.9-22 and it is running fine.
> As this is a production machine (smp) I had to act quickly and didn't have 
> time to
> fool around with a fix at that time.
>
> If I look in /boot I have
>
> 2.6.9-22.0.1EL
> 2.6.9-22.0.1ELsmp
> 2.6.9-22.0.2EL
> 2.6.9-22.0.2ELsmp
> 2.6.9-34EL
> 2.6.9-34ELsmp
>
> Also these repeated with config-, initrd-, System.map, vmlinuz.
>
> What is the cleanest way to remove the latest -34 img and all the pieces 
> so after a
> remote boot it will just refer to the -22 img please?
>
> Ray Jones
> Webmaster
> Trucknet N.Z.
>


I ran the yum update on a spare server and it did update the kernel and did 
come up after a reboot.


If it had not come up, what would be the steps to use the older Kernel?
If I was logged in locally would it give me that option?

The /boot contents are:

-rw-r--r--   1 root root     512 Feb 24 14:03 boot.0800
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     512 Feb 24 14:03 boot.0810
-rw-r--r--   1 root root    5824 Feb 21  2005 boot.b
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     612 Feb 21  2005 chain.b
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   48513 Oct 27 10:54 config-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   48021 Oct 27 11:38 config-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   48513 Jan 17 05:04 config-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   48021 Jan 17 05:22 config-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   49513 Mar  7 22:21 config-2.6.9-34.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   49264 Mar  7 22:41 config-2.6.9-34.ELsmp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    1024 Mar 20 16:40 grub
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  502026 Feb 24 13:59 initrd-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  491490 Feb 24 13:59 initrd-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  502023 Feb 24 23:31 initrd-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.img
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  491529 Feb 24 23:31 initrd-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  508483 Mar 20 16:40 initrd-2.6.9-34.EL.img
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  497335 Mar 20 16:40 initrd-2.6.9-34.ELsmp.img
drwx------   2 root root   12288 Feb 24 08:55 lost+found
-rw-------   1 root root  107008 Mar 20 16:40 map.0801
-rw-------   1 root root  107008 Mar 20 16:40 map.0811
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   10213 Sep  4  2005 message
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   10213 Sep  4  2005 message.ja
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     640 Feb 21  2005 os2_d.b
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  731197 Oct 27 10:54 System.map-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  758541 Oct 27 11:38 System.map-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  731295 Jan 17 05:04 System.map-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  758639 Jan 17 05:22 System.map-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  733742 Mar  7 22:21 System.map-2.6.9-34.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  761137 Mar  7 22:41 System.map-2.6.9-34.ELsmp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1465200 Oct 27 10:54 vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1426548 Oct 27 11:38 vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1469597 Jan 17 05:04 vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1430953 Jan 17 05:22 vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1473787 Mar  7 22:21 vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.EL
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1436129 Mar  7 22:41 vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.ELsmp




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Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
http://www.precisionweb.net