Hello Jill, Thanks for the info.
I followed SuSE's instructions on creating an IPL tape and used that for the IPL of the LPAR. This worked fine - I did not get the "Kernel panic" message this time. The only reason why I chose the DASD IPL volume (using instructions that I got from another Manual) was because it was easier to IPL from DASD than from tape. Regards, Rohit(Dave) Ramsunder Mainframe Systems Tel:(201)524-2076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jill Grine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Subject: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Hi Dave, While I certainly admit to being a complete rookie in the Linux world, I don't think the error you are getting is because of a missing file. I am getting the exact same error when IPLing from the VM reader. Since there are only 3 files in the reader, and they are getting started with an EXEC, I am sure I have an initrd file and that it is getting loaded. Question: At the beginning of your IPL, there is a message "Command line is:" followed by text. The text that is printed should be your parm card. When I attempt to IPL, the line is blank after the command line phrase. Just wondered if you had the same result. On a post from the archives, Dougie Lawson suggested that the problem lies in the parm card. "The clue is >Kernel panic VFS: unable to mount root fs on 01:00 On my system: linux390:/ # ls -l /dev/ram0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 Nov 3 08:48 /dev/ram0 So that tells me that your IPL can't mount the root filesystem on /dev/ram0. Which must mean that the parmline you used for silo has root=/dev/ram0 rather than root=/dev/dasdX1" The above didn't have any relevance I could find to my install, but maybe it will help you. Jill Grine From: Ramsunder, Rohit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 6:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Hello, I am working on installing SuSE Linux 7.0 in one of our LPARS. I created a DASD IPL Linux volume and used that to IPL the LPAR. The IPL goes normally until it gets to the following messages, after which it dies: Lvm - Driver successfully initialized Md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAXREAL=8 Partition check: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Does anyone know what is going on here? I tried it again, but the same thing happened. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Dave Ramsunder Mainframe Systems Tel:(201)524-2076 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice.
