On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 03:25:20PM -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > On 08/24/2013 09:00 AM, Herbert Poetzl wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 03:33:15PM -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: >>> I am trying to build a new CentOS 6.4 64bit host. >>> Started with a Minimal Desktop, followed the instruction on the >>> wiki, but when I reboot I get: >>> kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. >>> Try passing init= option >>> Pid: 1. comm: init Not tainted >>> 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.vs2.3.0.36.29.6.31.x86_64 >> sounds like the rootfs cannot be properly mounted and >> thus the designated init cannot be found/executed. >>> There are Call Trace: lines but I only have them as a image >>> with my phone. If they will help I'll transpose them to text. >> still no serial (or other remote) console on a server? > Anyway here is my transcription of the kernel panic screen for: > [<ffffffff01565328>] ? panic+0xa7/0x16f > [<ffffffff010022ec>] ? init_post+0xbc/0x110 > [<ffffffff01c2d91b>] ? kernel_init+0x2ed/0x2f3 > [<ffffffff0100c0ca>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20 > [<ffffffff01c2d62e>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x2fe > [<ffffffff0100c0c0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20 basically just says that init could not be started, the reason is most likely documented in the lengthy log prior to this ... best, Herbert >>> This kernel is from Daniel's repo. >>> 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.vs2.3.0.36.29.6.31.x86_64 >>> The CentOS kernel is (which boots just fine): >>> 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 > The other new Vserver host I am working on fine: > kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.vs2.3.0.36.29.6.31.x86_64 > kernel-2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 > kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.vs2.3.0.36.29.6.31.noarch > Is it possible to get the source (or binary) RPM for this version? > Daniel? :-) > Rod > -- >>> Any suggestions on how to get this working? >> well, if you provide the boot log, it's probably simple >> to diagnose where it goes wrong, possible reasons include >> but are not limited to: >> - bad initramfs (old initrd tools) >> - driver for rootdev/rootfs missing >> - device names changed (hda -> sda) >> - incompatible hardware >>> Additionally: I'm about 35 miles from the server, no IPMI >>> (yet), so I have to travel for each reboot/test attempt. >> you must really like travelling then :) >> best, >> Herbert >>> TIA, >>> Rod >>> --