kernel panic (517)

Michal Jaegermann michal at harddata.com
Thu Aug 12 18:58:53 UTC 2004


On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 10:45:18AM -0700, Scott Talbot wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Just downloaded kernel 2.6.7-1.517 and upon reboot got messages:
> 
> Mount error 6 mounting ext3
> switchroot failed z2
> kernel panic attempt to kill init!

This is a mkinitrd problem.  Either downgrade to mkinitrd-4.0.3-1
or wait until mkinitrd-4.0.5-1 will show up.  In any case you will
have to rebuild your initrd images which got affected.

> first ever panic

A failure to mount / file system results in this outcome. :-)

   Michal





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