[linux-lvm] kernel panic - converting root fs to lvm

[Luca Berra]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 03:35:14PM -0300, Jorge Melhado wrote:
> Luca,
> 
> I generated another RAM with mkinitrd, changed the /etc/lilo.conf and reran
> lilo.
> After reboot, I note start up proceeds a bit more than before.
> Now I see this message:
> 
> Mounting root filesystem
> mount: error 6 mounting ext3
> pivoroot: pivot_root (/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 280k freed
> Kernel panic:  No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

mmmm
mumble....

can you provide the output of your mkinitrd command with -v option,
but first get rid of the junk LABEL= things in /etc/fstab

mkinitrd looks at the device file in fstab to see if you have lvm root
and probably LABEL= confuses it.

L.

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