PS.  The home directory failed to be mounted only during the booting
process.  It can be mounted w/o problems (ie password was recognized)
manually now after the system is booted via the backup DVD.

On 3/26/14, Boryeu Mao <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For my SL 65 ('livecd-iso-to-disk' from SL 65 liveCD), I made an
> kernel update (from  2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 on the liveCD) to
> 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 (rpm packages in the Scientific Linux
> security folder, for kernel, kernel-firmware, kernel-header, and
> kernel-devel).  I have two questions regarding the upgrade.
>
> (1) The 'rpm --upgrade kernel*' generated the following messages:
>
> -------------------- messages begin
> /sbin/weak-modules: line 150: $tmpdir/extra-symvers-$module_krel:
> ambiguous redirect
> sort: stat failed:
> /tmp/weak-modules.rXs3ME/extra-symvers-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64: No
> such file or directory
> join: extra operand `/tmp/weak-modules.rXs3ME/modvers'
> Try `join --help' for more information.
> -------------------- messages end
>
> Are these messages severe enough that the upgrade should be considered
> a failure, and if so, how could the upgrade be done properly (via
> 'rpm' and packages)?
>
> (2) I went ahead with a reboot, which failed when the password for the
> overlay home directory became unrecognized.  Would this be a
> side-effect of (1) above, or did I miss something in the kernel
> upgrade that caused this.  Along with the kernel, other packages in
> the security folder also upgraded are: firefox, net-snmp,
> selinux-policy (which were all un-eventful).
>
> Because of the failed boot, I am running off a backup DVD currently,
> and would like to know more about the problems before attempting a
> repair.  Help and pointers would be greately appreciated and thanks in
> advance.
>
> Boryeu
>