Openfiler Forums / Kernel panic & unbootable after conary updateall.

grandsifflet · 2010-01-27 09:59:44

Hi all.

I operate several openfiler boxes for months without any noticeable problem.

I issued a "conary updateall" on monday on a single box, and it leaded to unbootable system.
Fortunately I can boot the system with the former kernel in the grub menu, so this is not disruptive, just very unsatisfying.

I cannot screenshot the result with the newest installed kernel, but it's a list of "missing /lib/<module.ko> "ending with a kernel panic. The path in the message itself is weird, since kernel modules aren't usually immediately in /lib/.

I investigated by creating a very regular openfiler sandbox: PC mobo with PERC 5 and a disk mirror.
I installed it with the certified media already used, OK.

I updated it with "conary updateall" and it got worse: after update, neither the newest kernel nor... the media-installed one are bootable, both lead to a kernel panic with this alledged loss of modules.

Can somebody confirm that issuing a "conary updateall" those very recent days is safe ? By the way BE VERY CAREFULL there may be a landmine somewhere...

Regards, Charles.

skp_123 · 2010-01-27 11:53:44

grandsifflet wrote:
Hi all.

I operate several openfiler boxes for months without any noticeable problem.

I issued a "conary updateall" on monday on a single box, and it leaded to unbootable system.
Fortunately I can boot the system with the former kernel in the grub menu, so this is not disruptive, just very unsatisfying.

I cannot screenshot the result with the newest installed kernel, but it's a list of "missing /lib/<module.ko> "ending with a kernel panic. The path in the message itself is weird, since kernel modules aren't usually immediately in /lib/.

I investigated by creating a very regular openfiler sandbox: PC mobo with PERC 5 and a disk mirror.
I installed it with the certified media already used, OK.

I updated it with "conary updateall" and it got worse: after update, neither the newest kernel nor... the media-installed one are bootable, both lead to a kernel panic with this alledged loss of modules.

Can somebody confirm that issuing a "conary updateall" those very recent days is safe ? By the way BE VERY CAREFULL there may be a landmine somewhere...

Regards, Charles.

Confirmed. See following links for more info but no fix available at the moment.

https://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=4721
https://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=4734

bye

grandsifflet · 2010-01-27 12:19:17

Hi skp_123 and thanks.

The fact is, that each and every update attempt from a newly media installed OF box lead to the death of the box.

On a box running for several month, a rollback to former (and second in order after initial install) kernel is the fix: just ignore the failing update.

But on a newly media-installed box, as I tried again few minutes ago, even the original kernel installed from CDROM isn't a rescue anymore: "conary updateall" destroys the box without any possible rollback or alternate GRUB menu choice.

So DON'T update an OF box that wasn't already updated last month :-)

Hope this will be investigated and fixed soon, because all newbies trying OF could think that it is not usable as updating means killing.

Regards, Charles.

rafiu · 2010-01-27 12:51:13

This was due to a strange situation where 64-bit version of binutils was not built and the group update succeeded regardless.

We have now resolved this issue. Apologies to all that were affected by it.

R.

grandsifflet · 2010-01-27 16:12:47

Confirmed, upgrade to 2.6.29.6-0.16 with "conary updateall" from the "out-of-the-ISO" 2.6.26.8-1.0.11 now works fine.

Thanks to all :-)

Regards, Charles.

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#1 2010-01-27 09:59:44

Kernel panic & unbootable after conary updateall.

#2 2010-01-27 11:53:44

Re: Kernel panic & unbootable after conary updateall.

grandsifflet wrote:

#3 2010-01-27 12:19:17

Re: Kernel panic & unbootable after conary updateall.

#4 2010-01-27 12:51:13

Re: Kernel panic & unbootable after conary updateall.

#5 2010-01-27 16:12:47

Re: Kernel panic & unbootable after conary updateall.

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