Re: [linux-lvm] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to,kernel

[Raquel Real López <rreal gfi-info com>]

Hello!

Thank you for your reply

Heinz Mauelshagen escribió:
> Any indication that the disk turned bad from before ?
>   
Reboot and then the system crashed
> Looks like it either did and your single copy of the LVM1 metadata
> went south
> -or-
> the metadata got corrupted somehow differently.
>
>   
> > And then:
> >
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to
> > kernel.
> >     
>
> Expected kernel behaviour w/o root fs.
>
>   
> > If I boot with a rescue disk and I type "lvdisplay", LV UUID is 
> > "000000-00....".
> >     
>
> LVM1 didn't have UUIDs on LVs, that's why.
> Can you access the VG from the rescue disk and access your data alright ?
>   
Yes, I can access.

> > How can I recover the system?
> >     
>
> If the disk's intact, and you better prove that by running access tests
> on /dev/sda from your rescue disk, you have to restore the metadata from
> backup using pvcreate+vgcfgrestore. See man vgcfgrestore for details.
>
>   
If I type "pvcreate /dev/sda2", can I lose the data?

Thanks