RHEL 6.1 "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!"

Grzegorz Witkowski geslinux at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 18:16:45 UTC 2012


On Feb 24, 2012 5:24 p.m., "unix syzadmin" <unixsyzadmin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Since I am still doing the setup, I reboot often.
> I have seen kernel panic message several times "Kernel panic - not
syncing:
> Attempted to kill init!".  If I powecycle the server through DRAC, it
boots
> fine.  So even the kernel panic is intermittent.
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:19 PM, unix syzadmin <unixsyzadmin at gmail.com
>wrote:
>
> > Since I am still doing the setup, I reboot often.
> > I have seen kernel panic message several times "Kernel panic - not
> > syncing: Attempted to kill init!".  If I powecycle the server through
DRAC,
> > it boots fine.  Do even the kernel panic is intermittent.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:07 AM, unix syzadmin <unixsyzadmin at gmail.com
>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> The RHEL 6.1 installation completes.  But during the boot, the system
> >> shows that progress bar and hangs. I have also attached a screenshot.
> >>
> >> I am typing below as text below; just in case you are not able to see
the
> >> attachment.
> >> "......progress bar.........................                          :
> >> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.1"
> >>
> >> If I powercycle the server through DRAC, the system boots normally.  So
> >> the problem is intermittent and i am not sure how to find the cause.
> >>
> >> The servers are brand new; so do you still recommend the firmware
> >> upgrades?  Never done upgrades for BMC, iDRAC or PERC before; so need
to
> >> research at Dell site.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Grzegorz Witkowski <geslinux at gmail.com
>wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Feb 24, 2012 8:29 a.m., "madunix at gmail.com" <madunix at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > If You have upgraded kernel, it may happen that you forgot to
include
> >>> > drivers for your hdd controller. Otherwise, your Disk just broke.
> >>> > Verify with BIOS if all drives are available.
> >>> >
> >>> > -madunix
> >>> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Grzegorz Witkowski <
> >>> geslinux at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > > On Feb 24, 2012 7:26 a.m., "unix syzadmin" <unixsyzadmin at gmail.com
>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Hi,
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> I have recently started installing RHEL 6.1 on Dell PowerEdge
r710
> >>> and
> >>> > >> observed following issues:
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> 1. We see a progress bar on the DRAC, but the login prompt does
not
> >>> appear
> >>> > >> for a long time.
> >>> > >> 2. Also observed kernel panic a few times during reboot  "Kernel
> >>> panic
> >>> -
> >>> > >> not syncing: Attempted to kill init!"
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> # more /etc/redhat-release
> >>> > >> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> # uname -r
> >>> > >> 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6.x86_64
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Please suggest.
> >>> > >> Thanks,
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> >>> > >
> >>> > > Make sure your system firmware is up2date, BIOS, BMC, iDRAC PERC,
> >>> etc.
> >>> > > Check support matrix from Dell to see if 6.1 is supported on 710.
Did
> >>> you
> >>> > > test your image. Make sure it is not corrupt. Bios to default
> >>> settings.
> >>> If
> >>> > > still the same, remove PCI cards from back risers.
> >>> > > Contact Dell support.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Ges
> >>> > > ---------------------
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> >>> RHEL 6.x supports PERC controllers out-of-box.
> >>> Instalation may fail because of exposed vfat partitions on the USC.
> >>> Check RHEL manuals from support.dell.com.
> >>>
> >>> Ges
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Run 32bit Diags from USC. Make sure the hw is good.  Setup and collect a
core dump and analyze to see why it panics.



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