Re: 2.6.32 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Rebooting in 180 seconds..
From: Américo Wang <hidden>
Date: 2009-12-18 07:12:25
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Zhiyong Wu [off-list ref] wrote:
HI, linux-2.6.32 is compiled on a p6 machine with RH5.4 OS and KVM option is =
enable.
When rebooting this machine, a crash takes place such as: Loading ramdisk... ramdisk loaded at 01700000, size: 2700 Kbytes OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty@30000000 Preparing to boot Linux version 2.6.32 (root@p6ml4n07.clusters.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)) #1 SMP Fri Dec 18 06:53:27 EST 2009 Calling ibm,client-architecture-support.../ Elapsed time since release of system processors: 1212 mins 30 secs Config file read, 1024 bytes Welcome Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.13 (Red Hat 1.3.13-8.el5) Enter "help" to get some basic usage information boot: linux-32 Please wait, loading kernel... =C2=A0 Elf64 kernel loaded... Loading ramdisk... ramdisk loaded at 01700000, size: 2700 Kbytes OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty@30000000 Preparing to boot Linux version 2.6.32 (root@p6ml4n07.clusters.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)) #1 SMP Fri Dec 18 06:53:27 EST 2009 Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... done command line: ro console=3Dhvc0 rhgb quiet root=3DLABEL=3D/ memory layout at init: =C2=A0memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned) =C2=A0alloc_bottom : 00000000019b0000 =C2=A0alloc_top =C2=A0 =C2=A0: 0000000008000000 =C2=A0alloc_top_hi : 0000000008000000 =C2=A0rmo_top =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0: 0000000008000000 =C2=A0ram_top =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0: 0000000008000000 instantiating rtas at 0x0000000006e10000... done boot cpu hw idx 0000000000000000 copying OF device tree... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0000000001bc0000 -> 0x0000000001bc15bb Device tree struct =C2=A00x0000000001bd0000 -> 0x0000000001bf0000 Calling quiesce... returning from prom_init Red Hat nash version 5.1.19.6 starting ibmvscsi 30000002: fast_fail not supported in server sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through insmod: error inserting '/lib/dm-region-hash.ko': -1 File exists mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Rebooting in 180 seconds..[disconnect] Can anyone give me a warm hand?
Probably this is not a problem of kernel, maybe it's a problem of your initial ramdisk, or something wrong with your root filesystem. Does changing "root=3DLABEL=3D/" to "root=3D/dev/XXX" help? Where "/dev/XXX" is your root filesystem.