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*SOLVED* Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25672]

Sun, 06 January 2008 23:12

fgomes
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Registered: August 2006

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I was using kernel OpenVZ (2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.028stab039.1). Today I made a yum update, and two new kernels were installed:

CentOS (2.6.18-53.1.4.el5)
OpenVZ (2.6.18-53.el5.028stab051.1)

If I boot from the first (CentOS), the server boots but OpenVZ doesn't work (this is expected, since this is the standard CentOS kernel), but if I boot from the second configuration (2.6.18-53.el5.028stab051.1), the server doesn't boot, it hangs during the boot process. Any idea in what might be wrong?

Thanks

Fernando

[Updated on: Fri, 11 January 2008 11:25] by Moderator

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25674 is a reply to message #25672]

Mon, 07 January 2008 00:16

ugob
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Registered: March 2007

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Do you have access to the console? Any special error message?

Please read the manual before asking questions:
http://download.openvz.org/doc/OpenVZ-Users-Guide.pdf

Please have a look at the wiki before asking questions:
http://wiki.openvz.org/Main_Page

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25675 is a reply to message #25674]

Mon, 07 January 2008 00:39

fgomes
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Registered: August 2006

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The last line I see on the console is this:

input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0

It seems strange that there are no messages in the /var/log/messages for every boot with this kernel

Before this message there are a couple of them that seems like a problem exists, but they also occur when it boots well with a different kernel:

powernow-k8: MP systems not supported by PSB BIOS structure
powernow-k8: MP systems not supported by PSB BIOS structure
powernow-k8: MP systems not supported by PSB BIOS structure
powernow-k8: MP systems not supported by PSB BIOS structure

Please let me know if you need any additional information

Best regards

Fernando

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25866 is a reply to message #25675]

Wed, 09 January 2008 23:14

fgomes
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Registered: August 2006

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Hi, is there any additional information I can provide to diagnose the problem? Do you suggest any test? The system is a dual opteron dual core with a 3Ware RAID controller, after the last yum update it boots from CentOS stock kernel, but not from the OpenVZ kernel.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25869 is a reply to message #25866]

Thu, 10 January 2008 00:52

ugob
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Registered: March 2007

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Maybe more lines of the console when it hangs. You could also try booting different kernels, http://download.openvz.org/kernel/

Please read the manual before asking questions:
http://download.openvz.org/doc/OpenVZ-Users-Guide.pdf

Please have a look at the wiki before asking questions:
http://wiki.openvz.org/Main_Page

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25873 is a reply to message #25672]

Thu, 10 January 2008 07:23

dev
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Registered: September 2005
Location: Moscow

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press AltSysRq-p multiple times and AltSysRq-T. does it print some info? if yes, need to collect it (e.g. via serial line console or netconsole)

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25876 is a reply to message #25873]

Thu, 10 January 2008 07:55

vaverin
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Registered: September 2005

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I would ask you to add "debug" and option into the kernel commandline.
Also You can add "noapic" option -- it can help you resolve this issue.

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25906 is a reply to message #25869]

Thu, 10 January 2008 15:42

fgomes
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Registered: August 2006

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I will try to get the log by the serial port, as it doesn't record anything in the /var/log/messages.

The system boots well with the newer CentOS/RedHat kernel (2.6.18-53.1.4), is there any plan to have a OpenVZ kernel based on that version? Is it different from the current OpenVZ kernel 2.6.18-53.el5.028stab051.1?

And what are the differences between the "OpenVZ RHEL5 kernel" versions (all based on the 2.6.18 kernel) and the "OpenVZ 2.6.18" kernel.

The kernel that hangs is the following:
ovzkernel-2.6.18-53.el5.028stab051.1.x86_64.rpm
Do you recommend trying with this instead?
kernel-smp-2.6.18-ovz028stab051.1.x86_64.rpm

Thanks!

Fernando

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25910 is a reply to message #25906]

Thu, 10 January 2008 17:49

dev
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Registered: September 2005
Location: Moscow

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Aha! Can you please check whether CentOS/RedHat kernel 2.6.18-53 (not 53.1.4) boot fine? If the problem is fixed somewhere between 53 -> 53.1.4, then I will provide a kernel based on 53.1.4 to you and the bug will most likely will go away.

Answering your questions:
1. 2.6.18-53.el5.028stab051.1 is based on 2.6.18-53.el5, not 53.1.4

2. And what are the differences between the "OpenVZ RHEL5 kernel" versions (all based on the 2.6.18 kernel) and the "OpenVZ 2.6.18" kernel.

The difference in RHEL5 patches. "OpenVZ 2.6.18" is based on mainstream kernel which is not updated by no one. "RHEL5 2.6.18 OpenVZ" kernel is based on RHEL5 kernel which in turn is based on 2.6.18 mainstream kernel and is updated by RedHat (security fixes, drivers, bugs, etc.).
So RHEL5 is preferebal for production usage.

3. The kernel that hangs is the following:
ovzkernel-2.6.18-53.el5.028stab051.1.x86_64.rpm
Do you recommend trying with this instead?
kernel-smp-2.6.18-ovz028stab051.1.x86_64.rpm

well. you can try Smile

it can help us to resolve the problem if (1) won't help.

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Re: Centos 5 - doesn't boot after yum update [message #25924 is a reply to message #25910]

Fri, 11 January 2008 09:09

fgomes
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Registered: August 2006

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Thanks for all your help!

Just to keep all informed of the situation (it might be usefull to others). Using exactly the same version of the CentOS kernel as suggested by dev works, so it wasn't some incompatibility with this specific version (2.6.18-53). While trying to install different kernel versions, to figure what kernel has problems in my server, I had to remove the current OpenVZ kernel in order to be able to install previous versions. When I used yum to remove the kernel, I saw it was removing the x86_64 _AND_ the i686 version of the same kernel Confused

I removed both and reinstall only the x86_64 from RPM and it worked as expected... So the initial problem was that the yum update installed both x86_64 and the i686 kernels...

Once again thanks for all your help!

Fernando

[Updated on: Fri, 11 January 2008 10:49]

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