Oracle Linux 6.6 w/ UEK3 boots to EL 2.6 kernel

I have just installed Oracle Linux 6.6 with the UEK3 kernel. Everything is up-to-date and the 3.8.13-68.el6uek.x86_64 kernel is set as the default boot kernel, but the machine always boots to 2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64, which is the specified crash kernel. I don't know why the 3.8 kernel is failing.
How can I debug this?
Thanks,
Kory

# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Oracle Linux Server Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (3.8.13-68.el6uek.x86_64)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-3.8.13-68.el6uek.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_oracleapps-lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD console=hvc0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto rd_NO_DM rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracleapps/lv_root rd_LUKS_UUID=luks-39dab2f9-e3cb-4bee-8947-dc050c04d251 rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracleapps/lv_swap rhgb quiet numa=off transparent_hugepage=never
        initrd /initramfs-3.8.13-68.el6uek.x86_64.img
title Oracle Linux Server Red Hat Compatible Kernel (2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_oracleapps-lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD console=hvc0 KEYTABLE=us    SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto rd_NO_DM rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracleapps/lv_root rd_LUKS_UUID=luks-39dab2f9-e3cb-4bee-8947-dc050c04d251 rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracleapps/lv_swap rhgb quiet numa=off transparent_hugepage=never
        initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64.img
title Oracle Linux Server Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (3.8.13-44.1.1.el6uek.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-3.8.13-44.1.1.el6uek.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_oracleapps-lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD console=hvc0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto rd_NO_DM rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracleapps/lv_root rd_LUKS_UUID=luks-39dab2f9-e3cb-4bee-8947-dc050c04d251 rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracleapps/lv_swap rhgb quiet numa=off transparent_hugepage=never
initrd /initramfs-3.8.13-44.1.1.el6uek.x86_64.img
title Oracle Linux Server Red Hat Compatible Kernel (2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_oracleapps-lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD console=hvc0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto rd_NO_DM rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracleapps/lv_root rd_LUKS_UUID=luks-39dab2f9-e3cb-4bee-8947-dc050c04d251 rd_LVM_LV=vg_oracleapps/lv_swap rhgb quiet numa=off transparent_hugepage=never
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64.img

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# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm
Oracle Linux 6.x x86_64:
# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpmh3. 3) Install the NTFS Kernel Driver and Related Software
The software packages required to support NTFS depends on your current Linux distribution:
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.x:
# yum install dkms dkms-fuse fuse fuse-ntfs-3g
Oracle Enterprise Linux / Oracle Linux 5.0 - 5.2:
# yum install dkms dkms-fuse fuse fuse-ntfs-3g
Oracle Enterprise Linux / Oracle Linux 5.3:
NTFS support under Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 is broken and you should consider to upgrade to the 5.4 or later. (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481495)
Oracle Enterprise Linux / Oracle Linux 5.4 - 5.x:
As of Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.4 the the kernel fuse module (dkms, dkms-fuse) is included in the kernel and should not be installed.
# yum install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g
Oracle Enterprise Linux / Oracle Linux 6.x:
# yum install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g h3. 4) Find and Mount a NTFS Device
You can use the "blkid" command to identify attached devices. For instance:
sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="/boot" UUID="73efxxxxxxxxxxxxx_TYPE="ext3" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/dm-0: UUID="22a2d704-f75dxxxxxxx595df" SEC_TYPE="ext3" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/dm-1: TYPE="swap" UUID="3b74fxxxxxx411c-8671-2244b8735866"
/dev/sdb1: TYPE="ntfs"
{code}
In the above example, device "/dev/sdb1" contains a NTFS partition.
To mount the NTFS volume according to above example under the /mnt directory:
{code}
sudo mount.ntfs /dev/sdb1 /mnt
{code}
h3. 6) References
http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/NTFS
h3. 6) Notes
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I'm afraid there is no general answer. It depends how your device is connected, i.e. internal, usb, etc.?

Re: Oracle Linux versioning

Dear replier
can you please also give details for option 4 & 5
1) Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 for x86_64 (64 Bit)     V37084-01     3.5G
2) Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 Boot iso image for x86_64 (64 bit)     V37088-01     197M
3) Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 UEK Boot ISO image for x86_64 (64 bit)     V37090-01     196M
4) Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 source DVD 1     V37086-01     3.1G
5) Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 source DVD 2     V37087-01     1.9G
I see DVD1 & DVD2 thought this will be having the complete installation but after i download and write these ISO files to DVD's
DVD is not bootable.
which one to use for download and install.

Oracle Linux is licensed under GPL and requires that the source code is freely available. The source DVD's contain the source code packages and not the OS installation media. All you need to start up and install Oracle Linux on your computer from DVD in your example is number 1.

Can`t Reboot after Oracle Linux Rel.6 Installed

Previously the Desktop PC had WINDOWS 7 and Debian Linux installed with GRUB controlling the dual boot between Debian and Windows 7. It worked fine.. no problems. Decided to go with Oracle Linux as I will be installing some Oracle products on this PC.
Installed Oracle Linux over Debian. The Oracle Linux install completed successfully and requested a reboot. On reboot the process stops on the GRUB step showing...
GRUB Loading.
Welecome to GRUB!
error: file not found.
Entering rescue mode...
grub_rescue
Seems to be missing a file on the Linux side to initiate the dual boot sequence.
1. Does Oracle Linux have GRUB available for dual boots.
2. If not, then is there some tool available to control dual boots with Oracle Linux and Windows 7.

Reran the entire Oracle Linux install and ensured the boot loader was put in the Master Boot Record. I selected 'Change Device' to confirm the Master Boot Record option was highlighted.
Here are my partitions on disk 'sdb' :
Disk
Device Size (MB) Mount Point Type
sdb
sdb1 2000 / ext4
sdb2 8000 swap
sdb3 180780 ext3
Rebooted system when the Oracle Iinux install finished - successfully... but once again encountered the following:
GRUB Loading.
Welecome to GRUB!
error: no such device: 121d0490-81aa-4f10-a2fa-17ca257b27f4
Entering rescue mode...
grub_rescue
Followed your instructions to fix the problem, and at the shell prompt # entered these commands :
chroot /dev/sysimage
grup-install /dev/sdb
Message returned:
Installation finished. No errors encountered
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map
# This device map was generated by anaconda
(hd0) /dev/sdb
Rebooted system... same GRUB error message was displayed.
What am I missing? Never had this problem with Debian !

Diff between oracle linux and oracle enterprise linux?

hi all,
i am new to this flavor of Linux. I know oracle linux has red hat source, but i am confused about the difference betweek oracle linux which comes in versions 4 (upto update 8) and 5 (latest update being 5).
i need to install oracle enterprise linux at a client place, so i gota know the difference.
Should i be installing oracle Linux first and then run the rpm of "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel"? or is the "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel" only for customers who require this kernal on oracle linux update 5 x86_64?
thanks

waldorfm wrote:
From what I understand Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) is a rebranded version of Red hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Oracle Linux (OL) is OEL plus Oracle optimization and custom, newer kernel. OL with Oracle "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel" is available as x86_64 only and was introduced based on OEL or RHEL 5.5.
You can install OEL 5.4 and easily upgrade to OEL 5.5, PMFJI, but can you point me to docs on how to make that upgrade? The timing of this msg on the forum was exquisite, as I started looking at that just today. I have an OEL 5.4 installation and would much rather upgrade to 5.5 than to have to rebuild from scratch.
I did a yum install kernel with the 5.5 version of the public-yum-el5.repo. That went without a hitch and now reports "2.6.32-100.0.19.el5 #1" where I was 2.6.18-164.el5, but I also see
[root@myserver ~]# uname -a
Linux myserver 2.6.32-100.0.19.el5 #1 SMP Fri Sep 17 17:51:41 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@myserver ~]# cat /etc/enterprise-release
Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Carthage)
[root@myserver ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga)Bottom line is that I am charged with updating the kernel to a 2.6 version newer than 19 Sep, or applying a patch for the compat_alloc_user_space() function, and am not sure exactly how to proceed from here.
if you like or start to install from version 5.5, and then install OL 5.5 by downloading the Oracle public yum repository and follow the instructions at http://public-yum.oracle.com

Oracle Linux 6.1 guest fails to boot on VM 3.0.2

Hi,
I've been using the templates to create vm guests successfully, so time to push the boundary again!
I've created a Linux 6.1 PVM guest and, after a little trial and error to get the install boot working, I managed to run through the Linux install process. I then changed the boot in VM Manger to remove the Network boot option and restarted the VM guest and it failed to start. I checked the ovs-agent.log on the server and it has this error message.
failed (1): Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', "elf_xen_note_check: ERROR: Not a Xen-ELF image: No ELF notes or '__xen_guest' section found.")
I'm not sure if its relevant but the grub.conf file looks like this:
title Oracle VM Server-ovs (xen-4.0.0 2.6.32.21-38ovs)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xen.gz dom0_mem=544M
module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.21-38xen ro root=UUID=32f4fe8e-cc96-43db-9125-4097ec18024d
module /initrd-2.6.32.21-38xen.img
title Oracle VM Server-ovs serial console (xen-4.0.0 2.6.32.21-38ovs)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xen.gz console=com1,vga com1=57600,8n1 dom0_mem=544M
module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.21-38xen ro root=UUID=32f4fe8e-cc96-43db-9125-4097ec18024d console=tty0 console=ttyS0,57600n8
module /initrd-2.6.32.21-38xen.img
Has anyone got ideas why it is failing for me ?
Thanks

Mark C wrote:
I've created a Linux 6.1 PVM guest and, after a little trial and error to get the install boot working, I managed to run through the Linux install process. I then changed the boot in VM Manger to remove the Network boot option and restarted the VM guest and it failed to start. I checked the ovs-agent.log on the server and it has this error message.That's the grub.conf from your Oracle VM Server, not from your guest. If it's from your guest, you installed Oracle VM, not Oracle Linux 6.

Dual Boot Pre install Windows 7 with oracle linux on a dell laptop

I'm new in linux. want to install oracle linux on my dell aptop. it has existing windows 7. how can i install oracle linux without affecting win 7 files.
is oracle linux can be install on laptop.

My advice to you is, since you have established such a reputation on this board, on issues that you don't have any knowledge or don't feel comfortable about, please just keep quiet. I don't think your job is to answer every question that has been posted on this board. Recklessly, or worse, knowingly, providing a wrong answer is much worse than no answer at all. These are serious personal accusations. Are you trying to make some noise to create some visibility for yourself? Please don't steal any of my limelight! ;-)
Personally, I don't particularly appreciiate many of your responses to some of the questions that I posted. To me, your responses are rude, idiotic (and insults to my intelligence)!Sorry, I have no idea what makes you so upset. Are you just making this up? What questions and answers are you taking about?
Are you referring to this post: Ralink RT5390 Does Not Work on the UEK Kernel
May I quote/remind you of your own posting:
We installed OL6.3 and Ubuntu 12.04 on a new Asus X45A notebook. It has a Ralink RT5390 wireless card. With Ubuntu, both wifi and video work flawlessly. However, the wifi driver (from elrepo) does not work for the the uek kernel (2.6.39). While the wifi driver works when boot into the RHEL kernel (2.6.32), it created an "even bigger problem" in that the video starts at about 1/10 from the left edge of the screen.
But again, please no one be fooled by my overly optimistic and simplistic comments*. The reality is, I am glad OL6 desktop works at all.
* For example, I actually installed OL6 on 4 notebooks, one of them "does not work" because I couldn't dim the screen. I did not intend to lie, but subconsciously, I somewhat forgot that there was this failed case.
So what are you really trying to tell us/me here?
I think you have shot yourself in the foot here. I'm afraid the best I can offer to you is to remove my response if you remove your post.
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Oracle Linux 6 kernel panic boot !!!!

I'm running Oracle Linux 6.3 on a VMware machine which based on a HP Proliant BL620c G7 server.
I've installed IBM Websphere version 8.5 and IBM HTTP Server version 8.5.
After installing VMware tools for this machine, I was asked to reboot the server, but on start we got a kernel panic such as below:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.39-300.26.1.el6euk.x86-64 #1
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff81502a9b>] panic+0x91/0x1a8
[<ffffffff8105e4b2>] ? enqueue_entity+0x52/0x210
[<ffffffff8106e6cb>] forget_original_parent +0x32b/0x330
[<ffffffff8106e6cb>] ? sched_move_task+0x9d/0x150
[<ffffffff8106e6eb>] exit_notify+0x1b/0x190
[<ffffffff8106f7ee>] do_exit+0x1fe/0x430
[<ffffffff8106fa75>] do_group_exit+0x55/0xd0
[<ffffffff8106fb07>] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20
[<ffffffff8150dc82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Could anyone give me a pointer as to what is or even could be causing this? I'm completely stumped at this point
Thanks,

It looks like the system has trouble opening or finding the /boot volume. I don't think it is an incompatibility with your hardware. You might however want to make sure you installed a recent VMware version and have correct settings to support x64 guest OS. I'm not using VMware anymore, but under VirtualBox such issue can be due to missing I/O apic and VT-x support in the BIOS.

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