CentOS boot error

[gumeniuc]

Hello guys,

I installed older kernel ( 2.6.28 ) from sources under CentOS 6.4 (2.6.32). During boot process of kernel 2.6.28 I get an error (please take a look at the attachment).

fstab

# cat /etc/fstab
#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Mon Aug 26 20:16:14 2013
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root /                       ext4    defaults        1 1
UUID=28926ada-c072-4f7d-b433-92d900482b0a /boot      ext4    defaults        1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0

fdisk -l

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000a80d0

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          64      512000   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              64        2611    20458496   8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/dm-0: 19.9 GB, 19872612352 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2416 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/dm-1: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Can you please advice how to make system boot properly ?
thank you
regards,
Alex

[Rubberman]

Did you also downgrade all of your system libraries and applications? All RHEL systems from 6.0 on are using the 2.6.32 kernel tree. Trying to install one like 2.6.28 will likely have some serious incompatibilities. What happens when you select the newer kernels from the grub menu?

[gumeniuc]

No, i did not downgrade and libs or apps.

If i choose 2.6.32 kernel, there are no problems with boot process.

If I boot 2.6.28 with "fastboot" option, there are no problems during the boot process. But I would like to have fs check.

[Rubberman]

You have ext4 file systems. I'm not sure that the older kernel supports it. Have you tried to downgrade the file systems to ext3? They are both based upon ext2, but have journaling (reliability) enhancements. There are differences in the details and performance (under some situations). The file system structure is the same, which is why the /sbin/e2fsck tool works on all of ext2/3/4 file systems.