At Tue, 8 Feb 2011 13:51:32 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message > > > Hi, > > > > I am recovering a CentOS 5.4 system. I've copied all partitions into the > recovery system. I've installed grub boot loader. However, the original > system is using /dev/sdb1 for root (/), while the recovery system is > using LVM (/dev/vg0/lv1) for root (/). When recovery system boots, I got > the panic error: > > > > * Mounting /dev/sdb1 on /sysroot > > * Mount: mounting /dev/sdb1 on /sysroot failed: No such file or > directory > > * Mount: mounting /dev on /sysroot/dev failed: No such file or > directory > > * * switching / to /sysroot > > * Switch_root: bad newroot /sysroot > > * Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > > I've changed the recovery system fstab to use the correct devices. I > deleted recovery system etc/lvm/cache/.cache file. But it still doesn't > work. What am I missing? You need to rebuild the initrd and make sure the grub.conf file is up-to-date (has the right thing for the root parameter). > > > > Thanks, > > > > - xinhuan > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments