[K12OSN] Kernel Panic

John G. Ruff JRuff at Sihope.com
Mon Dec 5 22:50:42 UTC 2005


Server: Dual P3/850, 1 Gb RAM, 4 x 18 Gb SCSI-3 software RAID-5, 2 x
Intel 10/100 NICs

This server has been running K12LTSP 4.4.1 for several weeks with no
problems. No configuration files or anything have been changed. Today,
thin clients cannot connect to it, giving the following text on the
screen:

Running dhcpcd on port 67  
 
Error!! No root-path, Check your DHCP configuration, to make
        sure that the 'option root-path' is specified

Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

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The server /var/log/messages has the following:

Dec  5 16:13:22 o1 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:c8:f9:13 via eth0
Dec  5 16:13:23 o1 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.80 to 00:10:dc:c8:f9:13
via eth0
Dec  5 16:13:26 o1 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.80 (192.168.0.244)
from 00:10:dc:c8:f9:13 via eth0
Dec  5 16:13:26 o1 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.80 to 00:10:dc:c8:f9:13
via eth0
Dec  5 22:13:26 o1 in.tftpd[9951]: tftp: client does not accept options
Dec  5 16:13:32 o1 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:c8:f9:13 via eth0
Dec  5 16:13:32 o1 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.65 (192.168.0.254)
from 00:10:dc:c8:f9:13 via eth0
Dec  5 16:13:32 o1 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.65 to 00:10:dc:c8:f9:13
via eth0
Dec  5 16:13:33 o1 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.95 to 00:10:dc:c8:f9:13
via eth0

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The odd things here are the tftp line, and the dhcpd strangeness after
that error. The tftpd service is running & working, I can connect to it
and get files.

I have spent most of today reading the archives here and googling all
over and have not figured it out. Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated.

john





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