[CentOS] info wanted about meaning of boot messages ...

On 08/25/2016 12:08 PM, Walter H. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got CentOS 6.8 x64, updated today to the latest by 'yum update'
> this installed a new kernel: 2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64
>
> in /var/log/boot.log I found these 3 lines ...
>
> No kdump initial ramdisk found. [WARNING]
> Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64kdump.img
> cp: cannot stat `/lib/firmware/i915/bxt_dmc_ver1.bin': No such file or 
> directory
>
> the first two are logic to me, but the 3rd line, did there something 
> fail at the update?
>
> Thanks,
> Walter
>
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'stat' is a command.  It's like 'ls', but gives more info.  Try it.  The 
message is saying simply that the file can't be found. It looks like the 
install script was trying to 'cp' that file.