2:03 p.m.
Finally decided I need some help with this one. I get a kernel panic on
several installs of f7t3: iso dvd, and 2 http installs from rawhide,
different snapshots. Same issue with iso dvd install of f7t4. All
appear to install normally to sdc which is a wd 160 gig pata. Machine
also has 2 sata2 drives in raid 1 configuration running centos 5. Here
is hardware setup:
asus A8N-SLI
cpu amd 64 X2 4400+
2 gigs ram
2 maxtor sata2
1 wd pata
[root@office bmcclure]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 1925 15358140 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 1926 19457 140825790 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/sda2 14 3837 30716280 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/sda3 3838 3901 514080 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/sda4 3902 19457 124953570 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 3902 19457 124953538+ fd Linux raid
autodetect
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 13 104391 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/sdb2 14 3837 30716280 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/sdb3 3838 3901 514080 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/sdb4 3902 19457 124953570 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 3902 19457 124953538+ fd Linux raid
autodetect
Disk /dev/md1: 31.4 GB, 31453347840 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 7679040 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/md1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/md3: 127.9 GB, 127952355328 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 31238368 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/md3 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/md2: 526 MB, 526319616 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 128496 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/md2 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/md0: 106 MB, 106823680 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 26080 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/md0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
I understand the above hda drive is seen by f7 as sdc.
Here is the error message:
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!
Booting in linux rescue mode I get a screen full of garbage characters
and a "You have no linux partitions" error message and drops me to a
shell. Running fdisk -l shows normal partitions for sdc.
I can mount the f7t4 partitions from centos 5 and all looks normal
AFAICT.
[root@office bmcclure]# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/fc7
[root@office bmcclure]# ls -l /mnt/fc7
total 5894
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75847 Apr 21 21:34 config-2.6.20-1.3104.fc7
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Apr 27 12:08 grub
-rw------- 1 root root 3029675 Apr 27 11:45 initrd-2.6.20-1.3104.fc7.img
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Apr 27 06:33 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 929390 Apr 21 21:34 System.map-2.6.20-1.3104.fc7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1951092 Apr 21 21:34 vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.3104.fc7
[root@office bmcclure]# umount /dev/hda1
[root@office bmcclure]# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda2 /mnt/fc7
[root@office bmcclure]# ls -l /mnt/fc7
total 176
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:46 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 06:35 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:35 dev
drwxr-xr-x 102 root root 12288 Apr 27 11:51 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 06:35 home
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:46 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Apr 27 06:32 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 07:46 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 07:46 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 07:46 opt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 06:35 proc
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:51 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Apr 27 11:46 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:35 selinux
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:45 srv
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 06:35 sys
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:51 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:40 usr
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Apr 27 11:49 var
I have a feeling this is very simple but can't seem to put my finger on
it. Any help much appreciated.
As an aside, I did an install on an old asus A7N8X wd pata drive and all
went well with no known issues.
Thanks agaain.
B.J.
CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 x86_64 13:13:32 up 13 min, 1 user,
load average: 0.13, 0.14, 0.09