CentOS - Aug 2012 - Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, so 
I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages 
(mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off the 
top of my head). Went to reboot the machine and now it won't book up. As 
it starts to boot, says:

Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-279.5.1.el6.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff814fd24a>] ? panic+0xa0/0x168
[<ffffffff81070bd2>] ? do_exit+0x862/0x870
[<ffffffff8117cba5>] ? fput+0x25/0x30
[<ffffffff81070c38>] ? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0
[<ffffffff81070cc7>] ? sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20
[<ffffffff8100b0f2>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Also, tried selecting the previous kernel at boot, but got the same 
message, except with 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 referenced.

Machine is a dell poweredge 620, perc h310 raid controller, 4x600GB 10K 
SAS, 16GB RAM, 2xIntel Xeon E5-2630 2.3GHz procs (hex-core), dual 495W 
power supplies.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

-- 
Joe Koenig
Creative Anvil
1346 Baur Blvd
Olivette, MO 63132
314-692-0338
joe at creativeanvil.com
http://www.creativeanvil.com/

On 20.08.2012 18:17, Joseph Koenig wrote:
> Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, 
> so
> I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages
> (mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off 
> the
> top of my head). Went to reboot the machine and now it won't book up. 
> As
> it starts to boot, says:
>
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-279.5.1.el6.x86_64 #1
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff814fd24a>] ? panic+0xa0/0x168
> [<ffffffff81070bd2>] ? do_exit+0x862/0x870
> [<ffffffff8117cba5>] ? fput+0x25/0x30
> [<ffffffff81070c38>] ? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0
> [<ffffffff81070cc7>] ? sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20
> [<ffffffff8100b0f2>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
That's probably a bug.

Please fill a bug report at https://bugzilla.redhat.com
> Also, tried selecting the previous kernel at boot, but got the same
> message, except with 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 referenced.
Which previous kernel? 2.6.32-279.2.1 or 2.6.32-279.1.1?
> Machine is a dell poweredge 620, perc h310 raid controller, 4x600GB 
> 10K
> SAS, 16GB RAM, 2xIntel Xeon E5-2630 2.3GHz procs (hex-core), dual 
> 495W
> power supplies.
This machine is certified for RHEL 6 and should run without problems on 
CentOS 6.

Best regards,

Morten

Joseph Koenig wrote:
> Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, so
> I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages
> (mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off the
> top of my head). Went to reboot the machine and now it won't book up.
As
> it starts to boot, says:
>
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-279.5.1.el6.x86_64 #1
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff814fd24a>] ? panic+0xa0/0x168
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My first reaction is when the menu, or the "about to boot kernel..."
line
comes up, edit that, then add rdshell to the end of your kernel line, and
let it boot. If it gets to the rdshell, you might check to see if there's
an agreement between the root (hdx,x) line in grub.conf and what the
system leads grub to think is the first h/d.

Also, here's what I'm assuming: a) the PERC controller is actually
presenting the drives to the system, and b) that grub was in fact
installed.

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