[CentOS] 7.2 kernel panic on boot

Thu Dec 3 16:47:12 UTC 2015
Duncan Brown <centos2 at duncb.co.uk>

On 03/12/2015 16:17, Fred Wittekind wrote:
>
>
> On 12/3/2015 5:40 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
>> On 03/12/2015 10:06, Leon Fauster wrote:
>>> Am 03.12.2015 um 10:53 schrieb Duncan Brown <centos2 at duncb.co.uk>:
>>>> On 03/12/2015 09:40, Bernard Lheureux wrote:
>>>>> On 12/03/2015 10:29 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
>>>>> initramfs is missing...
>>>>> check if /boot/initramfs-{kernelversion}.img is correctly there, 
>>>>> if not do a "yum reinstall kernel-{version}" and it should be ok !
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After upgrading to 7.2, I'm getting an immediate kernel panic on 
>>>>>> boot
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dropping back to 3.10.0-229.20.1.el7.x86_64 and the system boots 
>>>>>> fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I go about diagnosing the problem here?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Duncan
>>>>>>
>>>> No joy unfortunately, the correct initramfs is there
>>>>
>>>> I tried reinstalling just in case, but no change
>>>
>>> any additional kernel modules installed?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> LF
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Leon
>>
>> I'm running kmod-nvidia and kmod-forcedeth from elrepo
>>
>> The nvidia-kmod had an update to work with the new kernel, the 
>> forcedeth did not but as far as I can tell it didn't need one. (also 
>> why on earth the forcedeth module has gone from the stock kernel in 7 
>> I have no idea)
>>
>> The first thing I tried however was uninstalling both, but I'm still 
>> getting the same panic
>>
>> Is there any way of logging it so I can see exactly what the panic says?
>>
>> thanks all
>>
>> Duncan
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> Mine booted successfully after update to 7.2 CR.  I am also using a 
> Nvidia kmod from elrepo, no forcedeth though.
> kernel-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
> kmod-nvidia-340xx-340.96-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>
> Did you rebuild initrd after removing the kmod packages?
>
Yes, and no change