[linux-lvm] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to,kernel
Raquel Real López
rreal at gfi-info.com
Mon May 19 15:19:02 UTC 2008
Hello!
Thank you for your reply
Heinz Mauelshagen escribió:
>
> Any indication that the disk turned bad from before ?
>
Reboot and then the system crashed
> Looks like it either did and your single copy of the LVM1 metadata
> went south
> -or-
> the metadata got corrupted somehow differently.
>
>
>> And then:
>>
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to
>> kernel.
>>
>
> Expected kernel behaviour w/o root fs.
>
>
>> If I boot with a rescue disk and I type "lvdisplay", LV UUID is
>> "000000-00....".
>>
>
> LVM1 didn't have UUIDs on LVs, that's why.
> Can you access the VG from the rescue disk and access your data alright ?
>
Yes, I can access.
>> How can I recover the system?
>>
>
> If the disk's intact, and you better prove that by running access tests
> on /dev/sda from your rescue disk, you have to restore the metadata from
> backup using pvcreate+vgcfgrestore. See man vgcfgrestore for details.
>
>
If I type "pvcreate /dev/sda2", can I lose the data?
Thanks
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