Also make sure the initrd was transferred completely. I've seen this error when the FTP session had a hidden error that the disk was full. Check "query disk" to make sure the 191-a disk isn't at 100% usage.
If you login to the guest and run the 'filelist' command, you'll see the record length (LRECL) and the number of records (RECORDS) for the initrd. The LRECL for the initrd should always show 80, and if you tell me which update of RHEL 5 you're installing I can give you the expected number of records, to make sure the file was transferred correctly. For example, the RHEL 5.7 initrd is 132080 records, and the RHEL 5.6 initrd is 119579 records. -- Brad Hinson <[email protected]> Worldwide System z Sales, Strategy, Marketing Red Hat, Inc. +1 (919) 360-0443 http://www.redhat.com/z On Feb 17, 2012, at 7:49 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Make sure that your files that you punch to the reader are FB 80. If you > don't you get all kinds of weird errors. > > > > > > From: Cameron Seay <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 02/16/2012 10:19 PM > Subject: Re: > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > > > I am trying to install RHEL 5 to a z9. I think I have all of my > installation files properly configured, but when I run my exec file I get > this message. Help. > > 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. > > -- > Cameron Seay, Ph.D. > Electronics, Computer and Information Technology > School of Technology > NC A & T State University > Greensboro, NC > 336 334 7717 x2251 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
