Any suggestions to fix my problem are greatly appreciated.
After upgrading following the instructions at https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade, rebooting resulted in a kernel panic. The last bit I could see on the screen was
Waiting for device /dev/md5 to appear: ok
fsck from util-linux-2.20.1
[/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /] fsck.ext4 -a -C0 /dev/md5
recovering journal
clean, 21583/643386 files, 844544/2520240 blocks
fsck succeeded, Mounting root device read-write
Mounting root /dev/md5
mount -o rw,acl,user_xattr -t ext4 /dev/md5 /root
chroot: failed to run command '/sbin/fsck': no such file or directory
/sbin/init: error while loading shared libraries: libkmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! ]
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 3.1.10-1.16-desktop #1 ]
Call Trace: ]
dump_trace, dump_stack, panic, forget_original_parent, exit_notify, etc ]
The file /etc/fstab on the system is this:
/dev/sda9 swap swap pri=1 0 0
/dev/sdb9 swap swap pri=1 0 0
/dev/sdc9 swap swap pri=1 0 0
/dev/sdd9 swap swap pri=1 0 0
/dev/sde9 swap swap pri=1 0 0
/dev/sdf9 swap swap pri=1 0 0
/dev/md5 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/md1 /boot ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/md10 /projects ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/md8 /tmp ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/md6 /usr ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/md7 /var ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
frazer-share.ucsd.edu:/media /nas1 nfs defaults 0 0
X.ucsd.edu:/home /home nfs4 rsize=32768,wsize=32768,proto=tcp,intr 0 0
X.ucsd.edu:/raid /raid nfs4 rsize=32768,wsize=32768,proto=tcp,intr 0 0
X.ucsd.edu:/raid2 /raid2 nfs4 rsize=32768,wsize=32768,proto=tcp,intr 0 0
I then booted from the openSUSE 12.3 Live DVD.
First, I did “fdisk -l”:
Disk /dev/sda: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9a6f874e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 1044224 522081 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda4 1044225 3907024064 1952989920 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1044288 5156864 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda6 5156928 19856339 7349706 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda7 19856403 23968979 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda8 23969043 28081619 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda9 28081683 39150404 5534361 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda10 39150468 3907024064 1933936798+ fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcfb381fc
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 1044224 522081 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb4 1044225 3907024064 1952989920 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1044288 5156864 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb6 5156928 19856339 7349706 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb7 19856403 23968979 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb8 23969043 28081619 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb9 28081683 39150404 5534361 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb10 39150468 3907024064 1933936798+ fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9aa07bdd
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 63 1044224 522081 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdc4 1044225 3907024064 1952989920 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 1044288 5156864 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdc6 5156928 19856339 7349706 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdc7 19856403 23968979 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdc8 23969043 28081619 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdc9 28081683 39150404 5534361 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc10 39150468 3907024064 1933936798+ fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdd: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0b7ba768
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 63 1044224 522081 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdd4 1044225 3907024064 1952989920 5 Extended
/dev/sdd5 1044288 5156864 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdd6 5156928 19856339 7349706 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdd7 19856403 23968979 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdd8 23969043 28081619 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdd9 28081683 39150404 5534361 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdd10 39150468 3907024064 1933936798+ fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sde: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x23e67f92
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 63 1044224 522081 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sde4 1044225 3907024064 1952989920 5 Extended
/dev/sde5 1044288 5156864 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sde6 5156928 19856339 7349706 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sde7 19856403 23968979 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sde8 23969043 28081619 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sde9 28081683 39150404 5534361 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sde10 39150468 3907024064 1933936798+ fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdf: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb6889aa5
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 63 1044224 522081 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdf4 1044225 3907024064 1952989920 5 Extended
/dev/sdf5 1044288 5156864 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdf6 5156928 19856339 7349706 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdf7 19856403 23968979 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdf8 23969043 28081619 2056288+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdf9 28081683 39150404 5534361 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdf10 39150468 3907024064 1933936798+ fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/md127: 10.5 GB, 10527703040 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 2570240 cylinders, total 20561920 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 327680 bytes
Disk /dev/md126: 534 MB, 534511616 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 130496 cylinders, total 1043968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/md125: 9901.8 GB, 9901755924480 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, -1877546416 cylinders, total 19339367040 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 327680 bytes
Disk /dev/md124: 10.5 GB, 10527703040 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 2570240 cylinders, total 20561920 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 327680 bytes
Disk /dev/md123: 37.6 GB, 37630115840 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 9187040 cylinders, total 73496320 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 327680 bytes
Disk /dev/md122: 10.5 GB, 10527703040 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 2570240 cylinders, total 20561920 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 327680 bytes
The partition dev names are now different from what is in /etc/fstab. I was able to figure out the partition correspondence:
/dev/md122 is /
/dev/md123 is /usr
/dev/md124 is /var
/dev/md125 is /projects
/dev/md126 is /boot
/dev/md127 is /tmp
I then mounted my disk partitions:
mount /dev/md122 /mnt
mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
mount /dev/md123 /mnt/usr
mount /dev/md124 /mnt/var
mount /dev/md125 /mnt/projects
mount /dev/md126 /mnt/boot
mount /dev/md127 /mnt/tmp
chroot /mnt /bin/bash
I’m not certain where the problem lies.
I’m aware of the “separate /usr partition problem”. But as far as I can tell, that is supposed to be fixed in the mkinitd version that I have.
After the upgrade the partition names in /etc/fstab are different than what fdisk shows, but I’m not certain if this matters.
I noticed that grub2 is not in boot, even though the package is installed. So I did:
/boot # grub2-install /dev/md122
/usr/sbin/grub2-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules may be missing from core image..
/usr/sbin/grub2-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules may be missing from core image..
/usr/sbin/grub2-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules may be missing from core image..
/usr/sbin/grub2-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules may be missing from core image..
/usr/sbin/grub2-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules may be missing from core image..
/usr/sbin/grub2-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules may be missing from core image..
/usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
/usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for cross-disk install.
Apparently not the right thing to do. Since I’m not familiar with this part of the Linux OS, I decided to stop at this point and ask for help. I don’t want to dig myself deeper.
I would rather not do a complete reinstall, as there are many configuration files, etc. that would take time to reinstate.