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