I think that message may be misleading. If you're getting that far into the boot process, the partition tables may be there. Did you get to the point of entering the NFS/HTTP/FTP server and path and selecting "Next"? That's really as far as you need to go in the installer. The rest should be done in a separate SSH session.
>From that separate SSH session, do you see /usr/sbin/lvm? -Brad On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 06:55 -0500, Kelly F. Hickel wrote: > Well, I guess that I'm out of luck. It says that there are no valid > partition tables on any of my devices, I have no idea how that could > have possibly happened, but I seem to have no choices left except to > reinstall. > > I guess that I also don't really understand how it could be getting far > enough along in a normal boot to get the kernel loaded to the point of > activating the volume groups, if there aren't any partition tables. > > Am I missing something about lvm? Do I have to do some mdadm commands to > reassemble these devices into a working filesystem before I can do > anything? I thought that they would have had to have valid partition > tables before I could do that...... > > > -- > > Kelly F. Hickel > Senior Product Architect > MQSoftware, Inc. > 952-345-8677 Office > 952-345-8721 Fax > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.mqsoftware.com > SEE BUSINESS WORK > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kelly F. Hickel > > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:14 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: CentOS 4.4 kernel panic on boot s390x > > > > Brad, > > That sounds like a great tip, I'll give it a try. I hadn't gone > > past the initial "choose a language" screen, both because some of the > > google hits said that was as far as you needed to go, and because I > was > > afraid that if I gave it the location, it might destroy some of the > > data. I know it prompts before writing anything, but there are too > many > > things I don't know about Linux on s390x, so I'm more than a bit > > paranoid..... > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > > Kelly F. Hickel > > Senior Product Architect > > MQSoftware, Inc. > > 952-345-8677 Office > > 952-345-8721 Fax > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.mqsoftware.com > > SEE BUSINESS WORK > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of > > > Brad Hinson > > > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:10 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: CentOS 4.4 kernel panic on boot s390x > > > > > > Hi Kelly, > > > > > > You mentioned earlier that you're using the installer image. How > far > > > into the install are you going before SSH'ing in to troubleshoot? > If > > > you go past the point of entering the location of the stage 2 > > > environment (i.e. on the installation method screen, select > > > FTP/HTTP/NFS, enter the server and path, then select Next), the > > > installer will download or mount (depending on method) the stage 2 > > > image > > > containing the LVM tools. > > > > > > I'd recommend going through the install until the point where the > VNC > > > server is started and it asks you to connect. At that point, SSH in > > a > > > second time (or press <Enter> to get a shell prompt). You should > see > > > that "/" is mounted from the stage 2 image (shown below as > > /dev/root), > > > and /usr/sbin/lvm will exist: > > > > > > -/bin/sh-3.00# mount | grep root > > > /dev/root on / type ext2 (rw) > > > > > > -/bin/sh-3.00# which lvm > > > /usr/sbin/lvm > > > > > > > > > -Brad > > > > > > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 15:34 -0500, Kelly F. Hickel wrote: > > > > /usr only contains the lib64 directory. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Kelly F. Hickel > > > > Senior Product Architect > > > > MQSoftware, Inc. > > > > 952-345-8677 Office > > > > 952-345-8721 Fax > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > www.mqsoftware.com > > > > SEE BUSINESS WORK > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf > > > Of > > > > > Justin Payne > > > > > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:28 PM > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: CentOS 4.4 kernel panic on boot s390x > > > > > > > > > > Do you see lvm in /usr/sbin? > > > > > > > > > > ~Justin > > > > > > > > > > Kelly F. Hickel wrote: > > > > > > Brad, > > > > > > I don't have any of those commands. What I've done is to > to > > > a > > > > > > load from CDRom on the HMC and point it at a downloaded mirror > > of > > > > the > > > > > > s390x centos repo. Is there some other rescue mode that is > > more > > > > > useful > > > > > > than what I have???? > > > > > > > > > > > > The contents of /sbin on this ramdisk are: > > > > > > -/bin/sh-3.00# ls /sbin > > > > > > [ dasdfmt hexdump mktemp rmmod > > > > > touch > > > > > > ash date hostname modprobe route > > > tr > > > > > > awk dd id more rpm2cpio > > > > > > traceroute > > > > > > basename deallocvt ifconfig mount sed > > > > true > > > > > > bash df in.telnetd msh sh > > > tty > > > > > > bunzip2 dirname init mv shutdown > > > > > umount > > > > > > busybox dmesg insmod nc sleep > > > > > uname > > > > > > bzcat du install openvt sort > > > > uniq > > > > > > cat echo ip passwd sshd > > > > > unzip > > > > > > chgrp egrep kill pidof strings > > > > > uptime > > > > > > chmod env killall ping stty > > > > > usleep > > > > > > chown expr ln pivot_root swapoff > > > vi > > > > > > chroot false load_policy poweroff swapon > > > wc > > > > > > chvt fgrep loader ps sync > > > > wget > > > > > > clear find login pwd tail > > > > > which > > > > > > cmp free ls rdate tar > > > > > whoami > > > > > > cmsfscat grep lsmod readlink tee > > > > > xargs > > > > > > cmsfslst gunzip makedevs reboot telnet > > > > > xauth > > > > > > cp gzip md5sum reset test > > > > > xinetd > > > > > > cpio halt mkdir rm time > > > yes > > > > > > cut head mknod rmdir top > > > > zcat > > > > > > > > > > > > And that's all that I have to work with... > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > Kelly F. Hickel > > > > > > Senior Product Architect > > > > > > MQSoftware, Inc. > > > > > > 952-345-8677 Office > > > > > > 952-345-8721 Fax > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > www.mqsoftware.com > > > > > > SEE BUSINESS WORK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf > > > > > Of > > > > > >> Brad Hinson > > > > > >> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:05 PM > > > > > >> To: [email protected] > > > > > >> Subject: Re: CentOS 4.4 kernel panic on boot s390x > > > > > >> > > > > > >> When inside the rescue environment, run 'lvm'. This is an > LVM > > > > > "shell" > > > > > >> with all the commands you need (pvcreate, vgscan, etc). At > > the > > > > very > > > > > >> least, you can run: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> lvm > > > > > >> vgscan > > > > > >> vgchange -a y > > > > > >> > > > > > >> to activate the LVM. The vgscan creates the /dev nodes, so > > you > > > > > don't > > > > > >> need to do that manually. After you exit the LVM shell, you > > can > > > > > >> manually mount /dev/<vg_name>/<lv_name> to /mnt/<where_ever>. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> The kernel panic is most likely because your root file system > > > can't > > > > > be > > > > > >> found. This could be due to the logical volume for "/" > having > > > > > >> problems, > > > > > >> or zipl not finding it correctly. Double check that > > > /etc/zipl.conf > > > > > >> > > > > > > has > > > > > > > > > > > >> the correct root= entry, i.e. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> "root=/dev/<your_vg_name>/<your_lv_name>" > > > > > >> > > > > > >> for the root file system. And for good measure, you may want > > to > > > > run > > > > > >> 'zipl' again from the rescue environment after 'chroot'ing to > > > the > > > > > >> mounted root fs, just to make sure the MBR is in sync with > > > > > zipl.conf. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -Brad > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 14:36 -0500, Kelly F. Hickel wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> So, I've got this zlinux LPAR on a z9BC, and it's been > > running > > > > > >>> > > > > > > CentOS > > > > > > > > > > > >>> 4.4 for a year or so, and recently it failed to reboot after > > an > > > > > IPL. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> It lists all the dasd, then says "Activating logical > volumes" > > > then > > > > > >>> panics with "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill > > > init!". > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> I've been able to boot from the initrd 4.4 images (thanks > > all!) > > > > but > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> the > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> tools that I'd expect to see (pvscan, fdisk) aren't there. > > > > Looking > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> in > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> /proc/dasd/devices shows that the devices are all there and > > > > online. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> I'm > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> even tried created the /dev nodes and mounting /dev/dasda1 > > > (that > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> should > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> be where /boot is, right?) with no luck. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> I've googled and found a few cookbooks on getting back up > > after > > > a > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> device > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> or kernel change, but I can't get to the point where I can > > > mount > > > > > the > > > > > >>> volume. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Any ideas what to try next? > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> -- > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Kelly F. Hickel > > > > > >>> Senior Product Architect > > > > > >>> MQSoftware, Inc. > > > > > >>> 952-345-8677 Office > > > > > >>> 952-345-8721 Fax > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >>> www.mqsoftware.com > > > > > >>> SEE BUSINESS WORK > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > >> - > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > > > instructions, > > > > > >>> send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > > > > > >>> > > > > > > LINUX-390 > > > > > > > > > > > >> or visit > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> Brad Hinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >> Sr. Support Engineer Lead, System z > > > > > >> Red Hat, Inc. > > > > > >> (919) 754-4198 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > > > > -- > > > > > >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > > instructions, > > > > > >> send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > > > LINUX- > > > > > 390 > > > > > >> or visit > > > > > >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > > - > > > > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > > instructions, > > > > > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > > > > LINUX-390 > > > > > or visit > > > > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > --- > > > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > > LINUX- > > > 390 > > > > > or visit > > > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > - > > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX- > > 390 > > > or visit > > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > -- > > > Brad Hinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sr. Support Engineer Lead, System z > > > Red Hat, Inc. > > > (919) 754-4198 > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 > > > or visit > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- Brad Hinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sr. Support Engineer Lead, System z Red Hat, Inc. 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