PE 2850 Cant boot with RHEL4 kernel 2.6.9-42.ELsmp "switchroot: mount failed: 22"

[Stephen Anderson]

On 12/4/07, Mike Hanby <mhanby at uab.edu> wrote:
>
> Sorry, yes, installed (rpm -ivh) so the previous kernel is still there
> and I can successfully boot using it.
>
> The external storage is direct attach scsi.
>
> According to rpm -ql, the kernel installed into /boot and /lib, both of
> which are directories on /dev/sda1 (which is located on the internal
> scsi mirror).
>
> I'll try reinstalling it with the external storage disconnected and see
> what happens.
>
> Thanks, Mike



"mkrootdev: label / not found " error seems to imply that the "root=LABEL=/"
line in your new kernel is bad.

What is the "root=" line in your working kernel?
swa
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