[CentOS] CentOS 6.4 kernel panic on boot after upgrading kernel to 2.6.32-431.29.2

[Joakim Ziegler]

On 15/10/14, 1:58, Greg Lindahl wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 06:56:23AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:

>> The advise to do a full upgrade is the best (most secure) option ..
>> however, theoretically, the new kernel should boot and not cause issues
>> based on the other packages.

> OP said he had an InfiniBand card. For a long time it was the case
> that every kernel point release needed the corresponding IB userspace
> libraries.

> It's also worth noting that running with an unusual set of packages
> means you're running something that is not well-tested. Most
> enterprise users like to run with the herd, in the middle of the herd.
> Mooo. That basically means "yum -y update", nothing different.
> "Yum let me do it" and "this is wise" are two different things!

I can confirm that a full upgrade to 6.5 fixed the boot problem. I do think it's 
maybe a bit too easy to make this mistake, though.

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