I updated a server this morning and the latest kernel panics during boot. Upon review of the grub.conf file I found the initrd path was missing. Is there a way to fix this issue? Or should I remove the most recent kernel entry from grub.conf and boot from the previous kernel (tested working)?
grub.conf file:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_spots-lv_root
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/vda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title CentOS (2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.20.3.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_spots-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_spots/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_spots/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet
title CentOS (2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_spots-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_spots/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_spots/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64.img
I found this link explaining how to re-build the init file. Rebuild Initrd
Not totally understanding all the risks, would this be a good idea to try? This is a production server and I don't want to take it down completely. 🙂
Best Answer
You can just add the
initrd
back in yourself.You should check your
/boot
directory and ensure that it is actually present.To fix it permanently for future upgrades, run