After patching the kernel and rolling back, I'm unable to 'cat' or `cp` any files.

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Issue

  • I'm unable to cat any files after patching the kernel via yum update then booting into previously installed kernel.
  • I'm unable to cp any files after patching the kernel via yum update then booting into previously installed kernel.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
  • kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.el5
  • kernel-2.6.18-348.6.1.el5

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