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On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Tait Clarridge <Tait.Clarridge@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I remember that I had to compile all the RAID + LVM section of the kernel config directly into the kernel, and not as modules. As well I had to have each of the USB host sections as modules and the AHCI support built as a module.

Then I compiled my initrd with sd_mod, sg, ahci (I think) to get it to find my logical volumes.

From: weiming [mailto:zephyr.zhao@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:24 PM
To: Argyro Andreou
Cc: Tait Clarridge; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.2 is not loading on FC8 - Error: Kernel panic -Attempted to kill init

I guess some device driver for your sata driver was not loaded, so the kernel can't find the /dev/root device.
Did you change the .config of linux kernel? By default, it should include most of the drivers.
On Feb 13, 2008 4:09 PM, Argyro Andreou <argyro.andreou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Tait,

When I remove the quiet flag it says the following:

Scanning logical volumes
Reading all physical volumes
No volume groups found
Activating logical volumes
    Volume group VolGroup00 not found
Creating root device
Mounting root filesystem
mount: could not find filesystem /dev/root
Setting up other filesystems
Setting up new root fs
setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file pr directory
no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults
setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file ot directory
seturoot: error mounting /sys: No such file to directory
Switching to new root and running init
unmounting old /dev
unmounting old /proc
unmounting old /sys
switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
Booting has failed
Kernel panic-not synching: Attempted to kill init!

When installing Fedora Core 8 I didn't do custom partitioning I used the default option. If custom partitioning is need can you please tell me exactly what partitions are needed?

Thanks
Argyro
On Feb 13, 2008 3:48 PM, Tait Clarridge <Tait.Clarridge@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Argyro,

Could you take out the "quiet" switch in the Xen kernel boot args and tell us exactly what it says? You might also want to add a "noreboot" in that section so you can write down exactly what it says.

Thanks,
-Tait

From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Argyro Andreou
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:36 PM
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] Xen 3.2 is not loading on FC8 - Error: Kernel panic -Attempted to kill init

Hi all,

I compiled and installed Xen 3.2 source on FC8. Compilation and installation completed with no errors. However when I try to load Xen I get an error: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init !!!

This is my grub configuration:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=15
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8)
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
    initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img

title Fedora Core 8 + Xen 3.2.0
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /xen-3.2.1-rc1-pre.gz
    module /vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
    module /initrd-2.6.18.8-xen.img

I tried loading Xen without initrd also. But I get the same error.

Please can anyone help me. I've trying to solve this problem since last Friday and I can't see any light at the end of the tunnel

Regards
Argyro

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