Not asking for help. (only wanted to let others know what I saw)
Did an upgrade (from a working 12.3) using the 13.2 DVD. All the normal packages/files were updated o.k. – but there was NO initrd-3.14.0-rc5-1 file generated in /boot – therefore trying a boot-up of 13.2 stopped with a kernel panic. [Tried the update again - SUSE install still did not generate the initrd file.] I wish the init process would show an error message when something as vital as the initrd file fails to be generated.
On 04/25/2014 06:06 PM, mikus wrote:
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> Not asking for help. (only wanted to let others know what I saw)
>
> Did an upgrade (from a working 12.3) using the 13.2 DVD. All the normal
> packages/files were updated o.k. – but there was NO initrd-3.14.0-rc5-1
> file generated in /boot – therefore trying a boot-up of 13.2 stopped
> with a kernel panic. [Tried the update again - SUSE install still did
> not generate the initrd file.] I wish the init process would show an
> error message when something as vital as the initrd file fails to be
> generated.
I know you are not looking for help; however, as 13.2 is in M0, you should
report this in the prerelease-beta forum, or on the openSUSE Factory mailing
list at opensuse-factory@opensuse.org.
In my case, I follow that mailing list and install the various Mx releases on
VMs. Only when it starts to be reasonably stable, then I install it along side
my operating version. For most releases, M4 or M5 is the first release that gets
into a real machine.
On 2014-04-26 02:26, malcolmlewis wrote:
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> mikus;2639237 Wrote:
>> Not asking for help. (only wanted to let others know what I saw)
>>
>> Did an upgrade (from a working 12.3) using the 13.2 DVD. All the normal
>> packages/files were updated o.k. – but there was NO initrd-3.14.0-rc5-1
>> file generated in /boot – therefore trying a boot-up of 13.2 stopped
>> with a kernel panic. [Tried the update again - SUSE install still did
>> not generate the initrd file.] I wish the init process would show an
>> error message when something as vital as the initrd file fails to be
>> generated.
>
> Thread moved and open for user consumption.
AFAIK, it is a known issue. 13.2 is going to use Dracut, and there are
problems.
Vital? Yes. So? It is a Beta…
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
I did install OpenSUSE 13.2 yesterday, and got bitten by the same problem (the upgrade doesn’t replace “mkinirt” with “dracut” and thus doens’t generate the necessary initrd files)
On 2015-01-13 17:06, dr-yak wrote:
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> robin_listas;2639256 Wrote:
>> AFAIK, it is a known issue. 13.2 is going to use Dracut, and there are
>> problems.
>>
>> Vital? Yes. So? It is a Beta…
>
> I did install OpenSUSE 13.2 yesterday, and got bitten by the same
> problem (the upgrade doesn’t replace “mkinirt” with “dracut” and thus
> doens’t generate the necessary initrd files)
Well, now 13,2 is no longer a beta, so you are posting on the wrong
forum
But you could expand that information. Fresh install, upgrade, what kind
of upgrade… symptoms…
But better in the install-boot-login forum, not the beta forum.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)