Re: linux 2.6.16.1 and kdb "error 6 mounting ext3"

Keith Owens
2006-05-25T03:56:18Z

"Rohan Mutagi" (on Wed, 24 May 2006 15:41:57 -0400) wrote:
>Hey Guys,
> I am getting a -
>
>"Kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init!"
>
>error when I try to run 2.6.16 kernel compiled with kdb support. Any
>ideas how to proceded further into this problem?
>
>Steps I took were:
>1. Got a fresh 2.6.16.1 kernel
>2. Applied the kdb patch from ftp://oss.sgi.com/www/projects/kdb/download/v4.4/
>3. make clean; make; make modules_install install; reboot;
>
>I am running this Linux RHEL inside VMWare. Now when I reboot to the
>2.6.16-kgb kernel..
>I get the following error after I choose the 2.6.16 kernel from grub!
>__________________________________
>Red Hat nash version 4.2.1.6 starting
> Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
> No volume groups found
> Unable to find volume group "VolGroup00"
>ERROR: /bin/lvm exited abnormally! (pid 304)
>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!
>
>entering kdb due to KDB_ENTER()
>kdb>

This is appear to be a kdb problem. The problem is that lvm could not
find the volume groups, the kdb patch does not touch lvm. Just to be
sure, backout the kdb patch and rebuild, but I doubt it will make a
difference.