[CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

Mon Aug 20 16:45:31 UTC 2012
Morten Stevens <mstevens at imt-systems.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