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 > >> 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 >> --