[ale] Strange kernel issue after update - RHEL3 ES
Ryan Fish
FishR at bellsouth.net
Fri Feb 3 12:32:07 EST 2006
Hello all,
I am seeing a very strange issue and two boxes after recently installing the
latest kernel released for RHEL 3 via up2date.
Box 1: The kernel in use isn't even listed in /boot and cannot be found
anywhere on the server (see below)
[root at box01 root]# uname -r
2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp
[root at box01 root]# ll /boot
total 21472
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48736 Jan 11 18:59
config-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48851 Jan 11 18:51
config-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48736 Sep 7 13:40 config-2.4.21-37.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48851 Sep 7 13:34
config-2.4.21-37.ELsmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 1 2005 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 288674 Jan 26 11:32
initrd-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 295233 Jan 26 11:32
initrd-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 288578 Oct 11 11:55
initrd-2.4.21-37.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 295019 Oct 11 11:56
initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 547 Jun 15 2005 kernel.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 578715 Jan 11 18:59
System.map-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 606200 Jan 11 18:51
System.map-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 578588 Sep 7 13:40
System.map-2.4.21-37.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 606073 Sep 7 13:34
System.map-2.4.21-37.ELsmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2908628 Jan 11 19:00
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3547796 Jan 11 18:52
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2908624 Sep 7 13:40 vmlinux-2.4.21-37.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3543696 Sep 7 13:34
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1252578 Jan 11 18:59
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1365912 Jan 11 18:51
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1252644 Sep 7 13:40 vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1363903 Sep 7 13:34
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.ELsmp
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Box 2: The kernel in use is still installed on the box but the latest one
isn't being chosen by default when the box is rebooted.
[root at box02 root]# uname -r
2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
[root at box02 root]# ll /boot
total 45368
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48399 Aug 18 2004 config-2.4.21-20.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48543 Dec 20 2004
config-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48543 Jan 12 2005
config-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48617 May 17 2005
config-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48736 Jan 11 18:59
config-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48851 Jan 11 18:51
config-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48736 Sep 7 13:40 config-2.4.21-37.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48851 Sep 7 13:34
config-2.4.21-37.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48022 Oct 3 2003 config-2.4.21-4.EL
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 2 10:41 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 173468 Oct 29 2004
initrd-2.4.21-20.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 173108 Jan 3 2005
initrd-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177270 Feb 23 2005
initrd-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177364 Jun 3 2005
initrd-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176762 Feb 2 10:40
initrd-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178364 Feb 2 10:40
initrd-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177520 Oct 11 12:06
initrd-2.4.21-37.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 179327 Oct 11 12:06
initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 173801 Oct 29 2004
initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 543 Feb 2 10:16 kernel.h
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Oct 29 2004 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23108 Sep 11 2003 message
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21282 Sep 11 2003 message.ja
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 2 10:16 System.map ->
System.map-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 574734 Aug 18 2004
System.map-2.4.21-20.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 575960 Dec 20 2004
System.map-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 576055 Jan 12 2005
System.map-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 577960 May 17 2005
System.map-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 578715 Jan 11 18:59
System.map-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 606200 Jan 11 18:51
System.map-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 578588 Sep 7 13:40
System.map-2.4.21-37.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 606073 Sep 7 13:34
System.map-2.4.21-37.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 570887 Oct 3 2003
System.map-2.4.21-4.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2892240 Aug 18 2004 vmlinux-2.4.21-20.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2896340 Dec 20 2004
vmlinux-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2900436 Jan 12 2005
vmlinux-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2904532 May 17 2005
vmlinux-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2908628 Jan 11 19:00
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3547796 Jan 11 18:52
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2908624 Sep 7 13:40 vmlinux-2.4.21-37.EL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3543696 Sep 7 13:34
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.ELsmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2900380 Oct 3 2003 vmlinux-2.4.21-4.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1243768 Aug 18 2004 vmlinuz-2.4.21-20.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1248105 Dec 20 2004
vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1248207 Jan 12 2005
vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1252854 May 17 2005
vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1252578 Jan 11 18:59
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1365912 Jan 11 18:51
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1252644 Sep 7 13:40 vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1363903 Sep 7 13:34
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1236945 Oct 3 2003 vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL
None of the other 8 boxes I installed this kernel on are experiencing this
issue.
On these two I had to clean up /boot prior to installing the new kernel so
I'm wondering if I didn't remove files properly OR just completely screwed
something up that can hopefully be corrected easily.
Any thoughts? Also, what is the correct way to clean up /boot when it gets
full?
Thank you in advance.
-Ryan
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