[TriLUG] Kernel Panic - This can't be good for a Friday morning

[Jason Tower]

knoppix has always been my pal in cases like this, although tom's root 
boot disk performs a similar task (unless it doesn't have a driver for 
whatever scsi/raid card you're using).  if knoppix/tom's can't 
mount /dev/sdaX (not just /dev/sda) then you have either a corrupted 
filesystem or a failed disk.

(despite the irony, i'll avoid mentioning anything about backups)

jason

On Friday 14 May 2004 09:05, Mark wrote:
> Hi all-
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> I've got major problems this morning with my samba-ldap
> authentication box.
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> Here's the pertinent information:
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> RH Linux 9
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> GRUB Bootloader
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> Been up and running for a couple of months before I rebooted this
> morning.
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> Has the following error on reboot:
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> EXT3-fs: Mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
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> pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
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> umount: /initrd/proc failed: 2
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> Freeing unused kernel memory: 156K freed
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> Kernel panic: no init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel.
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> I've searched on the subject and found a couple of things I could
> try, but all involve getting into the filesystem, a task I've been
> unable to accomplish.  I tried passing a 'boot single' to GRUB but
> the same thing happens (although the error is slightly different with
> a 'try passing root=').  I've also tried using Tom's rescue disks,
> but I can't seem to mount /dev/sda (where the root partition should
> be).
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> I've also tried booting with the linux rescue option using the Redhat
> Linux 9 install CD, but I wind up getting an error that no distro was
> found on the install cd.
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> I'm at a loss and panicky..
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> Any ideas will be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> Mark