kernel panic on boot - kernel 2187

[Tod Merley]

On 9/21/06, john bray <john at johnbray.name> wrote:
> currently running on 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5
>
> installed the 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 rpm.
>
> booted 2187.  kernel panic.  every time i boot that kernel.
>
> re-downloaded the rpm and re-installed it.  there are no additional
> modules -- plain vanilla kernel.
>
> always panics like this.  but the 2174 and prior kernels come up just
> fine.
>
> this is the last screen before the panic:
>
>  ,,,
> Loading ext.ko module
> Loading dm-mod.ko module
> device-mapper:  4.6.0-ioctl (2006-02-17) initialized:
> dm-devel at redhat.com
> Loading dm-mirror.ko module
> Loading dm-zero.ko module
> Loading-dm-snapshot.ko module
> Trying to resume from /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01
> Unable to access resume device (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01)
> Creating rood device.
> Mounting root filesystem.
> mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
> Setting up other filesystems.
> Setting up new root fs
> setuproot:  moving /dev failed:  No such file or directory
> no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults
> setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory
> setuproot: error mounting /sys:  No such file or directory
> Switching to new root and running init.
> unmounting old /dev
> unmounting old /proc
> unmounting old /sys
> switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>
> [the end.]
>
>
> sure would like to solve this problem.  anyone have any suggestions?
> not sure what other information to collect.
>
> john
>
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Hi john bray!

A couple of questions.  What kind of disks are you using?  Do they
need special drivers?  If so, are these drivers included in the new
initrd for your new kernel?

Just a thought.

Good Hunting!

Tod