On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 15:09 +1300, Paul Ward wrote: > Hi all, > > I know this is not Fedora but it is close enough I think. > > I have just updated a Redhat 2 box running kernel " > uname -a > Linux erato 2.4.9-e.72enterprise #1 SMP Tue Jul 3 21:57:23 EDT 2007 i686 unknown > > When installing a new kernel after downloading it via rhn I got the follwoing: > [root@erato up2date]# rpm -ivh kernel/kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-e.74.i686.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > 1:kernel-enterprise ########################################### [100%] > All of your loopback devices are in use! > > I checked arounf the web but struggled to find an answer. > It seems according to grub it did not write the initrd line into the > config, so I guess the initrd went wrong. > > I looked at the mods loaded and noticed no loop device, however after > the attemped install the folloing line appeared. > [root@erato up2date]# lsmod > Module Size Used by Not tainted > loop 11952 0 > > At this point I ran out of ideas, can anyone suggest what step to take > next, this is a live server and as such do not want tt do lots of > reboots, it is also a remote server that I only have access to via > ssh, so want to be careful about what I do to the network and loopback > device. > > Thanks > > Paul > We need some clarification. I assum you mean RHEL 2 not Redhat 2. I am nto sure how loopback is handled in that distribution. Are you saying the kernal line in grub.conf has no initrd file defined. You could create one with mkinitrd. -- ======================================================================= Function reject. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
