Hello Praveen, well so far I didn't manage to boot anything. Of course the OS cdrom is nowhere to be found (I am trying to locate the disk for Linux 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3smp (I know, old, but it is one of those machines with "if it ain't broken don't fix it)
What happened is: The machine acted 'weird' the whole file system seemed to be read only. (I didn't log in to it for a while) I rebooted the machine and got to see the raid battery/memory error. The machine booted fine. I looked up the error on the web and it said that there was either a faulty battery or faulty raid memory. The machine seemed to be working fine so I ordered a new battery. Than the same problem occurred; I rebooted and that is when I saw the kernel panic. So I ordered a new raid kit. machine boots fine now, no hardware/bios errors but I still have the kernel panic thanks, Ron [email protected] wrote: > Hey Ron, > > Did you verify that the /sbin/init file does exist on the final root (final > boot HDD). > If this file does exist, the initrd should have mistakenly selected a wrong > disk as the root device. > You can try sending the right "root=UUID=something" to make sure the right > disk is selected. > > > Just trying to make sure replacing the Raid Cache didn't mess up the HDD. > > Praveen > > ________________________________________ > From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Ron Croonenberg > [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:31 PM > To: linux-poweredge-Lists > Subject: dell 2850 initrd problem. > > Hello, > > I had to replace the raid memory and battery in a Dell 2850, it broke > somehow and the machine was complaining on boot up. That problem went > away, but now I have a problem at bootup. > > the msgs I see: > > exec of init (/sbin/init) failed!!!: 20 > umount /initrd/dev failed 2 > kernel panic - not syncing attempted to kill init > > I am running NASH 4.1.18.1 on it. > > I assume that I probably have to rebuild the initrd ? > > Or is there a standard or easier way to do it? > > just to be on the safe side, what is the best procedure to get the > machine booting again? > > thanks, > > Ron > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > -- ================================================================== main(p){printf(p,34,p="main(p){printf(p,34,p=%c%s%c,34); }",34); } ================================================================== Ron Croonenberg | | Phone: 1 765 658 4761 Lab Instructor & | Fax: 1 765 658 4732 Technology Coordinator | | Department of Computer Science | e-mail: [email protected] DePauw University | 275 Julian Science & Math Center | 602 South College Ave. | Greencastle, IN 46135 | ================================================================== _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
