Exactly what happened to us. I posted here last month when it happenend. SUSE has given us a temp PTF that we've just started testing
What you need to do to recover is to boot a rescue system and bring on all your devices with chzdev. Then run mkinitrd and grub2-install and cross your fingers. Marcy On 7/13/19, 6:11 AM, "Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Victor Echavarry" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: Hi: Yesterday after perform an update in one of our test servers (SLES12 SP4) and after updating & rebooting, now the server won't boot. This are the messages Booting default (grub2) dracut-initqueue[403]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scri pts dracut-initqueue[403]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scr dracut-initqueue[403]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scri pts dracut-initqueue[403]: Warning: Could not boot. Starting Dracut Emergency Shell... Warning: /dev/mapper/sys-user does not exist Warning: /dev/sys/user does not exist Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue. Type "journalctl" to view system logs. You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot after mounting them and attach it to a bug report. Give root password for maintenance Please note, this server has the following filesystem layout: 1. DASD device (non-LVM) --- (root filesystem) (5) DASD devices for "sys" volume group for the rest of filesystem: /var, /usr etc.. We can mount / filesystem on another zLinux system and have access to /boot and /etc and trying to rebuild grub and is unsussceful. Any help? Regards, Victor Echavarry System Programmer Operating Systems EVERTEC, LLC WARNING: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please delete it immediately. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of EVERTEC, Inc. or its affiliates. Finally, the integrity and security of this message cannot be guaranteed on the Internet, and as such EVERTEC, Inc. and its affiliates accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
