[Cbe-oss-dev] help need: cannot boot after FC7 update on PS3

[Patrick Mansfield]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 07:20:25PM -0800, Guo Tang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed FC7 from DVD. It works fine. Then I used "yum update" to 
> update my FC7. Yum picked up a new kernel. Unfortunatly the box cannot 
> boot anymore after the update. 
> 
> I read Geoff's how-to recovery guide. It is talking about kboot there. 
> The boot loader I am using is yaboot. Could anyone tell me how to fix the 
> yaboot? Or should I switch to kboot?

kboot is normally the otheros.bld, it parses the yaboot.conf file.

You should also be able to tab through at the boot prompt, and boot the
previous F7 kernel.

> Here is the boot message on the screen:

Since you have LVM modules in your initrd, you probably have root fs on
LVM, and are hitting this bug:

	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=249672

LVM does not recognize the ps3d disk name change. Still looks like no F7
update for the fix. Not much you can easily do to workaround the bug.

If you re-install you might as well move to F8 - note the nash bug with
F8, modify yaboot.conf and/or boot with root=/dev/psdaN. You could also
try a yum upgrade to F8, that requires other hacks.

> loading ext3.ko module
> usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
> Loading ps3stor_lib.ko module
> Loading ps3disk.ko module
> ps3disk_init:609: registered block deice major 253
> ps3_system_bus_match:354: dev=8(sb_01), drv=6(ps3disk):miss
> ps3_system_bus_match:354: dev=7(sb_02), drv=6(ps3disk): miss
> ps3_system_bus_match:354: dev-6(sb_03), drv=6(ps3disk):match
> ->ps3_system_bus_probe:365:sb_03
> ->dma_sb_region_create:656:
> ps3disk sb_03: First accessible region has index 3 start 25165848 size 
> 52974312
> ps3disk sb_03: s3da is a Hitachi HTS541640J9SA00 (38164 MiB total, 25866 
> MiB for other OS)
> ps3da:ps3da1 ps3da2
> <-ps3_system_bus_probe:376: sb_03
> ps3_system_bus_match:354: dev=3(sb_04), drv=6(ps3disk):miss
> ps3_system_bus_match:354:dev=9(ioc0_03),drv=6(ps3disk):miss
> loading ps3disk.ko module
> insmode: error inserting '/lib/ps3disk.ko': -1 File exists
> loading dm-mod.ko module
> device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised: 
> dm-devel at redhat.com
> loading dm-mirror.ko module
> loading dm-zero.ko module
> loading dm-snapshot.ko module
> Making device-mapper control node
> Making device-mapper control node
> Scanning logical volumes
>  reading all physical volumes, this may take a while
>  No volume grups found
> Activatiing logical volumes
> Volume group "volgroup00" not found
> Trying to resume from /dev/volgroup00/logvol01
> usb 3-2: new high speed usb device using ps3-ehci-driver and address 2
> unable to access resume device (/dev/volgroup00/logvol01)
> creating root device.
> Mouting root filesystem.
> mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
> setting up other filesystems.
> setting up new root fs
> setuproot: moving /dev failed: no such file or directory
> no fstab.sys, mouting internal defaults
> setuproot: error mounting /proc: no such file or directory
> setuproot: error mounting /sys: no such file or directory
> switching to new root and running init.
> usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> hub 3-2:1.0: usb hub found
> hub 3-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
> unmount old /dev
> unmount old /proc
> unmount old /sys
> switchroot: mount failed: no such file or directory
> Booting has failed.
> kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init!

-- Patrick Mansfield