Re: system fails to boot

["Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>]

On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 01:26 +0800, Jike Song wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Zhang, Yanmin
> <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > Jens,
> >
> > We run into system boot failure with kernel 2.6.28-rc. We found it on a couple of
> > machines, including T61 notebook, nehalem machine, and another HPC NX6325 notebook.
> > All the machines use FedoraCore 8 or FedoraCore 9. With kernel prior to 2.6.28-rc,
> > system boot doesn't fail.
> >
> > I debug it and locate the root cause. Pls. see
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11899
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471517
> >
> 
> Hi Yanmin,
> 
> It seems I still have this problem with -rc6, both root=LABEL and
> root=/dev/sda8.  I have replaced my nash/mkinitrd with patched ones.
Did you recreate the initrd after updating nash/mkinitrd tools?
What's the boot log?

> 
> Maybe a different issue just with the same appearance?
Maybe, but mostly little possibility.

>  Can you boot
> -rc6 smothly on your T61?
Yes, I can boot 2.6.28-rc6 on my T61 and Nehalem machine. Without the patch,
2.6.28-rc6 boot randomly fails on T61.