Panic on Kernel 12-1.1375 SMP at boot

[Jerry DeLisle]

Andy Schlei wrote:
> I just updated my kernel from 2.6.11-135 to 2.6.12-1.1375.  I am running 
> a Pentium-III dual processing machine and the SMP kernel.
> 
> At initial boot time, the upgraded SMP kernel fails.  The 12-1.1375 
> non-SMP kernel works fine (although no SMP).  The messages I get are:
> 
> ----------
> ...kernel parms (all default)....
> ...ACPI message (disabled due to 2000 BIOS)...
> 
> Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
>    Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while
> mount:  error 6 mounting ext3
> mount:  error 2 mounting none
> switchroot:  mount failed:  22
> umount /initrd/dev failed:  2
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> ------------
> 
> All Grub parameters are the defaults.  Any ideas?
> 
> --Andy
> 
> 
Try this latest: 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4smp

-- Jerry