[CentOS] lost connection during yum update

Gerry Reno greno at verizon.net
Mon Mar 11 03:16:10 UTC 2013


On 03/10/2013 11:09 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:24:55 -0400
> Gerry Reno wrote:
>
>> It seems like maybe  it cannot find the root filesystem.
>>
>> Kernel panics just like this when it cannot find it.
> Interesting.  How can I check that?  I have another almost-identical system
> that's still working and I compared grub.conf between the two of them and
> didn't notice any significant differences.  Nothing that immediately jumped up
> and down and screamed "problem here!" at least.
>
> What should I be looking for?
>
>

Boot to rescue mode and see if you can mount the device containing the root filesystem readonly and see all the files on it.

Then check that the kernel root option is looking at the same device.








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