# Kernel update problems **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Updates\ **Created:** [October 28, 2011, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/kernel-update-problems/22009 "2011-10-28T11:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/kernel-update-problems/22009/1 "2011-10-28T11:26:02Z")
Hello, i just updated a SLES 11 Server running on ESX to SP1. originally the server was running on 2.6.27.54-0.2-_pa_e. the update installed aditionally 2.6.32.36-0.5-_default_ for some reason. the fatal thing is it mkinitrd was not able to locate all needed modules for 2.6.32.36-0.5-default -WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module ‘ata\_generic’ found.- and to complete the mess made this the default kernel so the server did not come up again. 2 Questions - Why does zypper update install additionally a different kernel pae /= default - Why is ata\_generic module not shipped with default kernel ## – demwz demwz’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=118908](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=118908) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447463](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447463) ---
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/kernel-update-problems/22009/3 "2011-11-02T17:29:31Z")
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:26:02 GMT demwz [demwz@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:demwz@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Hello, > > i just updated a SLES 11 Server running on ESX to SP1. > > originally the server was running on 2.6.27.54-0.2-_pa_e. the update > installed aditionally > 2.6.32.36-0.5-_default_ for some reason. > the fatal thing is it mkinitrd was not able to locate all needed > modules for 2.6.32.36-0.5-default > -WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module ‘ata\_generic’ found.- > and to complete the mess made this the default kernel so the server > did not come up again. > > 2 Questions > > - Why does zypper update install additionally a different kernel > pae /= default > - Why is ata\_generic module not shipped with default kernel > > [/color] > Hi > You didn’t have any third party kernel modules installed on the > system before you upgraded? The ata\_generic.ko is in all the kernels so > it should load. What method did you use to upgrade the system? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86\_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 2 days 2:26, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.10 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/kernel-update-problems/22009/4 "2011-11-04T11:06:01Z")
Hi, guessing from the version numbers, you upgraded from SLES11 SP0/GA to SLES11 SP1. zypper up can have such side effects when doing an online migration. For a better way to do online migration, please see ‘How to upgrade to SLES/SLED 11 SP1’ ([http://www.novell.com/support/documentLink.do?externalID=7005410](http://www.novell.com/support/documentLink.do?externalID=7005410)) Besides that, ata\_generic.ko is available in all kernels, and it is a warning anyway (it found the module, but didn’t find any of its dependencies). I assume that there is a different reason for the reboot failure. Could you please contact Support to help figure out what went wrong? ## – dirkmueller dirkmueller’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=21451](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=21451) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447463](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447463)