On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 20:33 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:10:33PM -0500, john bray wrote: > > currently running on 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 > > > > installed the 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 rpm. > > > > booted 2187. kernel panic. every time i boot that kernel. > > > > re-downloaded the rpm and re-installed it. there are no additional > > modules -- plain vanilla kernel. > > > > always panics like this. but the 2174 and prior kernels come up just > > fine. > > > > this is the last screen before the panic: > > More devicemapper problems it seems. What does rpm -q 'device-mapper lvm' say? > Was this an upgrade from FC4 ? evolution doesn't seem to remember sending the original reply, so perhaps it didn't get there. else, sorry about the dup. yup. upgrade from fc4. first a cut and paste, then separately: [jmb@junior ~]$ rpm -q 'device-mapper lvm' package device-mapper lvm is not installed [jmb@junior ~]$ rpm -q device-mapper device-mapper-1.02.07-2.0 [jmb@junior ~]$ rpm -q lvm package lvm is not installed john -- cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.