Thanks, I found the FC3 rescuecd somewhere it is 2.6.12-1.667 (that was what was initially installed.)
btw: I remember, before the reboot with the kernel panic, that when I booted the machine it said it booted from an unclean shutdown (or something along that road). I thought a reboot would take care of that (but probably not with broken raid memory) I tried to boot with all 4 kernels (667, 1381 both regular and smp) and they all give me the same error. I mounted the file system with the rescue cd and saw the following. there is nothing in /mnt/sysimage/initrd (so if it tries to do something with /initrd/dev I understand that can't work) I also checked what is in /etc (/mnt/sysimage/etc) with: ls /mnt/sysimage/etc/in* I get: /etc/init-d Input/Output error /etc/inittab Input/Output error /etc/initlog.conf Input/Output error (btw, other places don't seem affected, it looks like all the data etc is there) Maybe I should run fsck on that drive (it is a raid) first, and than try and see what happens? Can I (I how do I) run fsck from the rescue cd? Or should I go an entirely different route? thanks, Ron Paul M. Dyer wrote: > Try looking here for the old Fedora iso: > > http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/iso/ > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Croonenberg" <[email protected]> > To: "Praveen Paladugu" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2010 9:18:03 AM > Subject: Re: dell 2850 initrd problem. > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
