[BlueOnyx:19119] Re: New RAID drive gives a “Kernel panic - not syncing - Attempted to kill init” [SOLVED]

[Kevin Gingerich]

If anyone else runs into this, updating the kernel to
2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64 corrected the kernel panic for me. 

On
2016-01-22 09:40, Kevin Gingerich wrote: 

> *Update* I found this post
which sounds exactly like my issue.
> 
>
https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6738The problem in this
case was the version of dracut had a bug. Changing 
> versions corrected
the issue for him but I have not attempted that yet.
> 
>> Some more
outputs; ============================= [admin at bluequartz ~]$ cat
/etc/fstab # # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Sun Apr 29 19:44:32
2012 # # Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under
'/dev/disk' # See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or
blkid(8) for more info # /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root / ext3 defaults 1 1
UUID=fbbc174c-b6b9-4ccd-b8e1-0465f9a605b0 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-tmp /tmp ext3 noexec,nosuid,rw 1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-var /var ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-swap swap swap defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs
noexec,nosuid,rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs
/sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
================================= [admin at bluequartz ~]$ uname -r
2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 [admin at bluequartz ~]$ cat /proc/version Linux
version 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 (mockbuild at sl6.fnal.gov [3]) (gcc
version 4.4.6 20110731 (Red Hat 4.4.6-3) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Tue Mar 6
15:45:33 CST 2012 
>> 
>>> Hi, I'd appreciate some help if anyone has
ran into this issue before. I have a blueonyx server with raid1. One of
the drives was complaining of SMART errors so proactively I decided to
replace the drive. When I do, the server freezes during the boot and
displays "Kernel panic -
>> not 
>> 
>>> syncing - Attempted to kill
init". If I put the failing drive back in the server boots normally
again. I think I have replaced drives previously without issue. Should I
be using mdadm to remove the
>> failing cat /proc/mdstat Personalities :
[raid1] md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1] 511988 blocks sup
>> 
>>> s
[16KB], 65536KB chunk unused devices:
=================================================== [root at bluequartz /]#
lvm lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/VolGroup00/root LV
Name root VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID
PE6bGm-Wjd0-D5wn-mT3r-3SMU-7Efg-eDnaac LV Write Access read/write LV
Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 6.00 GiB
Current LE 192 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto -
currently set to 256 Block device 253:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Path
/dev/VolGroup00/swap LV Name swap VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID
oqcXOO-Jnxd-37I9-eDsc-oqiy-cbHf-5AbbaB LV Write Access read/write LV
Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 4.00 GiB
Current LE 128 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto -
currently set to 256 Block device 253:1 --- Logical volume --- LV Path
/dev/VolGroup00/tmp LV Name tmp VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID
WVg15b-4bzg-L1ak-dlDu-tcrH-6FbS-VMqGwV LV Write Access read/write LV
Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 2.00 GiB
Current LE 64 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto -
currently set to 256 Block device 253:2 --- Logical volume --- LV Path
/dev/VolGroup00/var LV Name var VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID
PxHXCv-ZOpe-w0gX-MzXF-96hS-qa0O-Ceoj1r LV Write Access read/write LV
Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 4.00 GiB
Current LE 128 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto -
currently set to 256 Block device 253:3 --- Logical volume --- LV Path
/dev/VolGroup00/home LV Name home VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID
YhuHTx-sBXN-WxIp-mnog-Y3Bm-6GcZ-3Ur4Br LV Write Access read/write LV
Creation host, time , LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 1.80 TiB
Current LE 59088 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto -
currently set to 256 Block device 253:4
============================================= [root at bluequartz /]# cat
/boot/grub/grub.conf # 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/mapper/VolGroup00-root # initrd
/initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title BlueOnyx
(2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root
rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/root rd_MD_UUID=778b9da0:789a9d17:cbd18758:ae67ab25
rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto
rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64.img
============================================== [root at bluequartz /]# cat
/etc/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do
not
>> n 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/mapper/VolGroup00-root # initrd
/initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz serial -
>> ed=38400 --word=8
--parity=no --stop=1 terminal --timeout=0 serial console hiddenmenu
title Scientific Linux (2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root
rd_LVM
>> 
>>> _DM LANG=en_US SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16
>> pc
KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.img title Scientific Linux
(2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup0
>> 
>>>
NO_LUKS rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc
KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.img title BlueOnyx
(2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root
rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/root rd_MD_UUID=778b9da0:789a9d17:cbd18758:ae67ab25
rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto
rhgb quiet console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400 initrd
/initramfs-2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64.img
=============================================== [root at bluequartz /]# rpm
-q kernel kernel-2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64
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