[Users] kernel 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 boot freeze

[jehan procaccia]

On 07/06/2010 04:50 PM, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
> On 07/06/2010 12:59 AM, jehan procaccia wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> after upgrading to ovzkernel-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.028stab069.6 , my Dell
>> Poweredge 2950 doesn't boot anymore
>> It freezes at the very start of the kernel boot sequence:
>>
>> ....
>> Net: registered protocol family 1
>> Net: registered protocol family 17
>> Using IPI shortcut mode
>> Time: hpet clocksource has been installed
>> Initializing network drop monitor service
>> Freeing unused kernel memory: (00764000-007a1000) 244k freed
>> Wrtite protecting the kernel read-only data: 427k
>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>>
>> it freezes here ! apprently doing nothing !?
>>
>> I set back in grub my previous
>> ovzkernel-2.6.18-164.15.1.el5.028stab068.9 and it works fine again.
>> but I would appreciate to be able to run the latest kernel .
>> Any known bugs or problem with that
>> ovzkernel-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.028stab069.6 ?
>
> You haven't specified you architecture, but fortunately my magic 
> crystal ball
> is working flawlessly today. It tells me that you have mistakenly 
> installed
> i686 version of the kernel instead of x86_64 one. Please check if it 
> is so and fix.
>
> The fix should be something like
> rpm -e ovzkernel.i686
> yum install ovzkernel.x86_64
>
> Regards,
>   Kir.
you're right ! shame on me ....
that was it, I removed i686 ovzkernel and now it boot correcly on latest 
(2.6.18-194.3.1.el5) x86_64 ovzkernel

[root at epidaure ~]# rpm -q --queryformat 
"%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}:%{ARCH}\n" ovzkernel
2.6.18-164.15.1.el5.028stab068.9:i686
2.6.18-164.15.1.el5.028stab068.9:x86_64
2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.028stab069.6:x86_64

Thanks.