Subject: Re: [vserver] Cant install vserver kernel
From: Jon Bendtsen <jbendtsen@laerdal.dk>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:55:00 +0200

On 12/10/2009, at 11.51, Herbert Poetzl wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 06:32:50PM +0200, Eli @ Networx wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have a CentOS 5.3 64-bit box.
>> I'm following the instructions over here:
>> http://linux-vserver.org/Installation_on_CentOS to the letter.
>> When I update the kernel I get version: kernel-2.6.22.19-vs2.3.0.34
>> When I reboot, the system never comes back online. Since this is a
>> dedicated server out in a DC I do not see what is on the console. All
>> the technician tells me is that there was a kernel panic after an  
>> error
>> mounting switchroot.
>
> every dedicated server should have a serial console
> (or at least an option for such a console) which should
> allow you to trace the bootup ... once that bootup is
> available, it shouldn't be hard to see what is missing,
> usually it is some hardware driver or config entry

Or it should have an AdderLink KVM+VNC which takes the VGA out, and  
keyboard+mouse in and lets you see, type and move the mouse using a  
VNC client. I even have remote on/off. Buy it.




JonB