On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:19, Bobby Ryan Newberry wrote: > I tried to use the new kernel today with some negative results. I > received a kernel panic with the following errors: > > Kernel requires old insmod, but couldn't run /bin/insmod.old No such > file or directory > > ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally > > mount: error 19 mounting ext 3 > > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 > > umount /initrd/proc failed: 2 > > Now I've upgraded before (am currently using 2.44.22-1.2149) without > problems, and I'm using the RPM. Does anyone have a clue as to what is > going on? > > -Ryan Newberry I came across this same problem this morning. The problem was that my initrd directory was missing from the root filesystem. After booting with a rescue CD and recreating initrd all was good. Hope that helps, Peter
