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Auftrag von John Summerfield
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Juli 2008 15:23
An: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list
Betreff: Re: [rhelv5-list]RAMDISK :ran outof compressed
datainvalidcompressedformat (err=1)
Schmidt, Florian wrote:
Finally I got it working. Thank you guys for the great support. :)
My theory what was wrong is the following:
1.) Server reset -> destroyed initrd somehow -> Server booted, but ran into
kernel
panic complaining about initrd and uncropressed data
I think that improbable, unless you were creating a new one at the time.
Files at risk are those open for updating, where blocks of information
haven't been sent to the disk yet.
2.) I did not totally understood the error and thought copying the
/boot-partition
from the second machine to this one would solve it
3.) But this made it even worse -> Booting from hard disk wasn't able anymore
(cryptic signs on the screen)
It will help you (and others) in the future, if we can sort out why this
didn't work. There are several ways to copy the partition, some more
likely to fail than others.
4.) Booting from RHEL5 into rescue mode and repairing the initrd as John
instructed.
5.)-> Booting from floppy with standard boot-parameter from /boot/grub/conf
failed into another kernel-panic (kernel parameters where: ro root=LABEL=/)
I think you said that you got a _kernel_ panic. If so, the floppy was
not required.
That said, a CD with grub but no menu is a fine thing to have (provided
you acquire the skills to use it). My newer systems don't have floppies
(and some come with no optical drive, though I do fix that). Other
possible ways of booting include USB and the network.
I often do network installs, it's fairly trivial to also have a rescue
system available.
6.) changed kernel parameters to ro root=/dev/sda3 and booted from floppy ->
succeeded :)
7.) Repairing MBR with grub install /dev/sda and it booted from HDD again :)
Remember me to spring for a beer if we meet sometime ;)
I'll take a cider or three, which to clarify, in this country is
fermented apple juice.
