linux 2.6.16.1 and kdb "error 6 mounting ext3"

Rohan Mutagi
2006-05-24T19:41:58Z

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!
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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>
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I an provide the screen shot(60k), but not sure if posting screen
shots is recommended, so didn't post it.

However, when I boot up with the older kernel. everything works fine.
Any ideas whats the problem or how to proceed further?

Thanks a lot for your time,
Rohan Mutagi