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

[Stephen Anderson]

On 12/5/07, Stephen Anderson <anderson.stephen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>

I am referring to the "root=" line for your working kernel in the file
/boot/grub/grub.conf. Compare that to the entry for your new kernel.

swa
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