Looks like you have a corrupted initrd. Had you sent it as binary fixed 80?
Mauro http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521 Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Lionel Dyck <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to install RHEL 5.4 and during the initial CMS boot I am > getting this: > > .... > checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip magic numbers); looks > like an initrd > .... > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > No filesystem could mount root, tried: ext2 iso9660 > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block > (1,0) > 01: HCPGSP2629I The virtual machine is placed in CP mode due to a SIGP stop > from > CPU 00. > 00: HCPGIR450W CP entered; disabled wait PSW 00020001 80000000 00000000 > 0010C04A > > The kernel and initrd files look good - they are the same size in blocks, > etc. as I've used on another system without problems. > > Thanks for any advice > > Lionel > > > Lionel B. Dyck <>< > z/Linux Specialist > IBM Corporation > Global Technology Services - Kaiser Account > Work: 925-926-5332 > Cell: 925-348-0237 > E-Mail: [email protected] > AIM: lbdyck | Yahoo IM: lbdyck | GTalk: > lbdyck > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
