When I was a young man learning the art of systems programming sooo long ago, I was taught that the first step of applying maintenance is to make a physical backup of the target volumes. That way you have a validated source with which to return if/when the maintenance fails. Just sayin'. :-)
Mike Walter -Retired- ________________________________ From: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Pace <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 9:14:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bug with XFS and SLES 12SP3 kernel-default-4.4.131-94.29-default I found in yast a way to update the boot loader to point to the older version of the kernel. That allowed me to reboot and mount the XFS file system. Yay. But i still need to figure out if there is a way to remove the patches from the new kernel. As it is, it appears to me, that the maintenance(patches) are now out of sync. Yast/zypper now think I am running the new kernel when in fact I am using an older kernel. On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:34 AM, Mark Pace <[email protected]> wrote: > In /boot I still have the previous kernel files, just not sure how to > make them the kernel used at boot. > > .image-4.4.126-94.22-default.hmac image-4.4.126-94.22-default > symvers-4.4.126-94.22-default.gz > .image-4.4.131-94.29-default.hmac image-4.4.131-94.29-default > symvers-4.4.131-94.29-default.gz > System.map-4.4.126-94.22-default initrd > sysctl.conf-4.4.126-94.22-default > System.map-4.4.131-94.29-default initrd-4.4.126-94.22-default > sysctl.conf-4.4.131-94.29-default > boot.readme initrd-4.4.126-94.22-default-kdump > vmlinux-4.4.126-94.22-default.gz > config-4.4.126-94.22-default initrd-4.4.131-94.29-default > vmlinux-4.4.131-94.29-default.gz > config-4.4.131-94.29-default initrd-4.4.131-94.29-default-kdump > zipl > grub2 symtypes-4.4.126-94.22-default.gz > image symtypes-4.4.131-94.29-default.gz > > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Thursday, 05/24/2018 at 12:45 GMT, Rick Troth <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On 05/23/2018 07:25 PM, R P Herrold wrote: >> > >> Suse just released a new kernel-default-4.4.131-94.29-1 >> > >> package for SLES 12SP3 with some kernel security fixes. If >> > >> you use XFS, don't install it! >> > > My condolences >> > > >> > > There has been an (at least) four way finger pointing contest >> > > raging for the last couple of months (on the Fedoraproject >> > > front) between: >> > > - xfs developers >> > > - systemd developers >> > > - dracut developers >> > > - innocent victims of XFS >> > >> > ----- snip ----- >> > >> > Explain to me how a KERNEL update relates to a finger-pointing fest >> > among three user-space packages and the users? >> > >> > I DO use XFS on some systems. I prolly fall into the fourth group, but >> > was already pointing my digits at that second bullet. >> >> Explain to me why a distro would release an update that knowingly breaks >> a >> file system? Unless they don't support xfs? >> >> Alan Altmark >> >> Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant >> IBM Systems Lab Services >> IBM Z Delivery Practice >> ibm.com/systems/services/labservices >> office: 607.429.3323 >> mobile; 607.321.7556 >> [email protected] >> IBM Endicott >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marist.edu%2Fhtbin%2Fwlvindex%3FLINUX-390&data=02%7C01%7C%7C729331ef1eaa416edd5308d5c1812d66%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636627682905762564&sdata=pVFfsvoD%2Bo54c7gUfPfb2YUpxKaLoxVTxaSlLEpPzcg%3D&reserved=0 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.linuxvm.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C729331ef1eaa416edd5308d5c1812d66%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636627682905762564&sdata=prkeEQq3xbezoF0CXXrVjn7i7IocS3qwaJ75sOvc3W4%3D&reserved=0 >> > > > > -- > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > Mark D Pace > Senior Systems Engineer > Mainline Information Systems > > > > -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marist.edu%2Fhtbin%2Fwlvindex%3FLINUX-390&data=02%7C01%7C%7C729331ef1eaa416edd5308d5c1812d66%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636627682905762564&sdata=pVFfsvoD%2Bo54c7gUfPfb2YUpxKaLoxVTxaSlLEpPzcg%3D&reserved=0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.linuxvm.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C729331ef1eaa416edd5308d5c1812d66%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636627682905762564&sdata=prkeEQq3xbezoF0CXXrVjn7i7IocS3qwaJ75sOvc3W4%3D&reserved=0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
