2.6.32 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Rebooting in 180 seconds..

[Zhiyong Wu]

It does'nt still work based on your method.


Cheers,

Zhiyong Wu

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Zhiyong Wu <zwu.kernel at gmail.com> 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 at 30000000
>> Preparing to boot Linux version 2.6.32 (root at 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...
>>   Elf64 kernel loaded...
>> Loading ramdisk...
>> ramdisk loaded at 01700000, size: 2700 Kbytes
>> OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty at 30000000
>> Preparing to boot Linux version 2.6.32 (root at 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=hvc0 rhgb quiet root=LABEL=/
>> memory layout at init:
>>  memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned)
>>  alloc_bottom : 00000000019b0000
>>  alloc_top    : 0000000008000000
>>  alloc_top_hi : 0000000008000000
>>  rmo_top      : 0000000008000000
>>  ram_top      : 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  0x0000000001bd0000 -> 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=LABEL=/" to "root=/dev/XXX" help?
> Where "/dev/XXX" is your root filesystem.
>