Topic: SME wont start after May 27 update - Bug 5980

[tlicht]

I got an e-mail message that updates are available to SME yesterday and initiated the update today via the web interface from a client machine. When finished I pressed the reconfigure button and now I get to:
...
Activating logical volumes
  Volume group "main" not found
ERROR: /bin/lvm exited abnormally! (pid 443)
Creating root device
Mounting root filesystem
mount: error 6 mounting ext3
mount: error 2 mounting none
Switching to new root
switchroot: mount failed: 22
umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

..so now I panic. Is there a rescue????
I have a 'clean' install just a few weeks old with no contribs.
Several restart attempts give the same result.

[Stefano]

is it a virtual machine?

did you try to boot with the old kernel?

in any case, please, open a bug, thank you

[cactus]

in any case, please, open a bug, thank you

Please post the bug reference here for future readers. Thanks in advance.

[tlicht]

Hi Stefano,
No, it is a 'real' machine
hmm... I booted with the topmost kernel listed: 2.6.9-89.0.25.EL
Do I  need to get a new account in order to be able to file a bug? My 'normal' id/pw doesn't seem to work...

[cactus]

Do I  need to get a new account in order to be able to file a bug? My 'normal' id/pw doesn't seem to work...

Yes, an e-mailaccount: http://bugs.contribs.org/createaccount.cgi

[tlicht]

Reported as bug 5980 in the bug database. http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5980