[Mageia-dev] New Kernel doesn't boot on virtualbox

Sun Dec 4 20:57:33 CET 2011

'Twas brillig, and Thomas Spuhler at 04/12/11 17:30 did gyre and gimble:
+> On Sunday, December 04, 2011 09:08:24 am Colin Guthrie wrote:
+>> 'Twas brillig, and Thomas Spuhler at 04/12/11 15:06 did gyre and gimble:
+>>> On Sunday, December 04, 2011 03:39:34 am Colin Guthrie wrote:
+>>>> 'Twas brillig, and Thomas Spuhler at 04/12/11 00:26 did gyre and gimble:
+>>>>> New Kernel doesn't boot on virtualbox because of modprob error.
+>>>>> This may already be know otherwise I can provide details
+>>>>
+>>>> Which initrd generator are you using, mkinitrd or dracut?
+>>>>
+>>>> Is the problem before the initrd hands over and does it's pivotroot?
+>>>>
+>>>> Col
+>>>
+>>> The problem shows as it cannot mount the HD partitions, neither of them:
+>>>
+>>> I see Loading ata_piix module
+>>> /bin/modeprobe: symbol lookup error: /bin/modeprobe: undefined symbol:
+>>> mod_warn
+>>
+>> I ask again, which initrd generator are you using, mkinitrd or dracut?
+>> Also which version of dracut if you happen to be using it?
+>>
+>> Cheers
+>>
+>> Col
+> I guess mkinitrd 6.0.93 since this is installed and dracut isn't installed
+
+Could you maybe install dracut and regenerate the initrd to see if it helps?
+
+Col
+
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