[ale] Strange kernel issue after update - RHEL3 ES

Ryan Fish FishR at bellsouth.net
Fri Feb 3 12:32:07 EST 2006


Hello all,

 

I am seeing a very strange issue and two boxes after recently installing the
latest kernel released for RHEL 3 via up2date.

 

Box 1:  The kernel in use isn't even listed in /boot and cannot be found
anywhere on the server (see below)

 

[root at box01 root]# uname -r

2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp

 

[root at box01 root]# ll /boot

total 21472

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48736 Jan 11 18:59
config-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48851 Jan 11 18:51
config-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48736 Sep  7 13:40 config-2.4.21-37.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48851 Sep  7 13:34
config-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Aug  1  2005 grub

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       288674 Jan 26 11:32
initrd-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       295233 Jan 26 11:32
initrd-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       288578 Oct 11 11:55
initrd-2.4.21-37.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       295019 Oct 11 11:56
initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          547 Jun 15  2005 kernel.h

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       578715 Jan 11 18:59
System.map-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       606200 Jan 11 18:51
System.map-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       578588 Sep  7 13:40
System.map-2.4.21-37.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       606073 Sep  7 13:34
System.map-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2908628 Jan 11 19:00
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3547796 Jan 11 18:52
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2908624 Sep  7 13:40 vmlinux-2.4.21-37.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3543696 Sep  7 13:34
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1252578 Jan 11 18:59
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1365912 Jan 11 18:51
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1252644 Sep  7 13:40 vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1363903 Sep  7 13:34
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

 

 

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Box 2:   The kernel in use is still installed on the box but the latest one
isn't being chosen by default when the box is rebooted.

 

[root at box02 root]# uname -r

2.4.21-32.0.1.EL

 

[root at box02 root]# ll /boot

total 45368

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48399 Aug 18  2004 config-2.4.21-20.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48543 Dec 20  2004
config-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48543 Jan 12  2005
config-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48617 May 17  2005
config-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48736 Jan 11 18:59
config-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48851 Jan 11 18:51
config-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48736 Sep  7 13:40 config-2.4.21-37.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48851 Sep  7 13:34
config-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48022 Oct  3  2003 config-2.4.21-4.EL

drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Feb  2 10:41 grub

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       173468 Oct 29  2004
initrd-2.4.21-20.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       173108 Jan  3  2005
initrd-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       177270 Feb 23  2005
initrd-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       177364 Jun  3  2005
initrd-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       176762 Feb  2 10:40
initrd-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       178364 Feb  2 10:40
initrd-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       177520 Oct 11 12:06
initrd-2.4.21-37.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       179327 Oct 11 12:06
initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       173801 Oct 29  2004
initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          543 Feb  2 10:16 kernel.h

drwx------    2 root     root        12288 Oct 29  2004 lost+found

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        23108 Sep 11  2003 message

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        21282 Sep 11  2003 message.ja

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           27 Feb  2 10:16 System.map ->
System.map-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       574734 Aug 18  2004
System.map-2.4.21-20.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       575960 Dec 20  2004
System.map-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       576055 Jan 12  2005
System.map-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       577960 May 17  2005
System.map-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       578715 Jan 11 18:59
System.map-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       606200 Jan 11 18:51
System.map-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       578588 Sep  7 13:40
System.map-2.4.21-37.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       606073 Sep  7 13:34
System.map-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       570887 Oct  3  2003
System.map-2.4.21-4.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2892240 Aug 18  2004 vmlinux-2.4.21-20.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2896340 Dec 20  2004
vmlinux-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2900436 Jan 12  2005
vmlinux-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2904532 May 17  2005
vmlinux-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2908628 Jan 11 19:00
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3547796 Jan 11 18:52
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2908624 Sep  7 13:40 vmlinux-2.4.21-37.EL

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3543696 Sep  7 13:34
vmlinux-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2900380 Oct  3  2003 vmlinux-2.4.21-4.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1243768 Aug 18  2004 vmlinuz-2.4.21-20.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1248105 Dec 20  2004
vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1248207 Jan 12  2005
vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1252854 May 17  2005
vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1252578 Jan 11 18:59
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1365912 Jan 11 18:51
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.0.1.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1252644 Sep  7 13:40 vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1363903 Sep  7 13:34
vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1236945 Oct  3  2003 vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL

 

None of the other 8 boxes I installed this kernel on are experiencing this
issue.

 

On these two I had to clean up /boot prior to installing the new kernel so
I'm wondering if I didn't remove files properly OR just completely screwed
something up that can hopefully be corrected easily.

 

Any thoughts?  Also, what is the correct way to clean up /boot when it gets
full?

 

Thank you in advance.

-Ryan

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