On 02/04/2013 08:45 AM, Serge A. Salamanka wrote:
> On 2 февраля 2013 15:50:17 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>          I did a yum update via ssh on an SL6 server the other day,
>>          noticed that it never indicated complete? Yesterday I began to
>>          have odd problems and after rebooting the server, it wouldn't,
>>          it complains of a kernel panic. Using SL-Live I've installed
>>          another hard drive and transferred file to that, now unless
>>          someone can tell me a better way all I know is to re-install and
>>          start over. That server has been running for a year or more
>>          without a problem, usually it's just there, only shut down in a
>>          power outage and then always restarted without a problem..
>>
>>
>>          box7   Scientific Linux 6.3
> I'm using SL5.8
> After a short shutdown today  the machine came up with kernel panic (can't find
> root).
>
>

        It turned out my kernel panic was self inflicted. Apparently I
        shut down before an update finished. To add to the confusion the
        opening screen does not show the alternate kernels you may boot
        to. Once I figured that out I was able to boot to an earlier
        version and remove and replace the damaged kernel, all is well now.

        I did notice that the yum install of the kernel seemed to take
        longer than usual but it did complete eventually?

        Bob





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