Bugzilla – Bug 392594
boot error after updating kernel
Last modified: 2008-05-27 04:25:12 UTC
I just installed openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 from KDE4 Live CD. Installation went well. I enabled the 3 existing repositories (oss, non-oss, update). I then installed Thunderbird and Inkscape. Then I updated all existing packages (over 700 already had updates). Autocheck was successful so I updated the packages. When I was finished, I was notified that the kernel had been updated. Since I needed to reboot to activate the new kernel, I rebooted. I received an error message after the boot prompt. Error Message: Error 15: File not found Press any key to continue... Above this message is the following information: root (hd0,4) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_FUJITSU_MHY2160_K428T7B27067-part5 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts vga=0x314 [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3000, size=0x2048a0] initrd /boot/initrd
This sounds like initrd was not created, could you check the presence of /boot/initrd, and the target of it (it is usually a sympink)?
Since I am unable to boot, how do I find out? Should I use the live CD somehow?
Yes, live CD is one way, you can mount the installed system and check it.
Okay, I have mounted the installed system with the live CD. Comparison of /boot files before and after updating kernel Before kernel update: initrd Type: Gzip archive Points to: initrd-2.6.25.3-2-default initrd-2.6.25.3-2-default Type: Gzip archive After kernel update: initrd Type: unknown Points to: initrd-2.6.25.4-2-default initrd-2.6.25.4-2-default DOES NOT EXIST I guess that would be the problem then. Neither initrd-2.6.25.3-2-default nor initrd-2.6.25.4-2-default exist now.
I have the exact same problem.
Andreas, it looks like mkinitrd is not called, could you, please, check it?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 389177 ***