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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hey
all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I
have a P4 2.4 GHz CPU (hyper threading) and have been using the 2.4.21-20.EL.c0smp
kernel and it works perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I
installed the new kernel-smp (2.4.21-20.0.1.EL) kernel and it installed flawlessly.
However, every time I boot I get a kernel panic and I must reboot to the older
kernel. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
error I am getting is: (it seems to be failing on jbd.o and ext3.o)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Kernel requires old insmod, but couldn't run /bin/insmod.old No such
file or directory</span></font></tt><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Then
it can’t find the initrd and Panics. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I am
running a single partition on my software RAID1, the file system is ext3.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[root@admin
/]# df<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Filesystem
1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>/dev/md0
115377576 2014940 107501728 2% /<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>none
512700 0
512700 0% /dev/shm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[root@admin
/]#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I
just can’t seem to figure it out. I’ve done some searching
online but the fixes people are posting just don’t seem logical as my
initrd IS there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[root@admin
/]# ls -al /boot/*2.4.21-20.0.1.EL*<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-rw-r--r--
1 root root
48514 Dec 2 18:38 /boot/config-2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-rw-r--r--
1 root root 306034
Dec 3 16:13 /boot/initrd-2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp.img<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-rw-r--r--
1 root root 601959
Dec 2 18:38 /boot/System.map-2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-rwxr-xr-x
1 root root 3523220
Dec 2 18:38 /boot/vmlinux-2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-rw-r--r--
1 root root 1353893
Dec 2 18:38 /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>[root@admin
/]#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Any
help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to put this machine into
production soon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Josh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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