Bowie Bailey wrote:
> On 4/12/2013 5:33 PM, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>> I had to replace the motherboard on one of my CentOS 4 systems and am
>> now getting a kernel panic.
>>
>> When I try to boot up, I get this:
>>
>> Volume group "VolGroup00" not found
>> ERROR: /bin/lvm exited abnormally! (pid 448)
>> mount: error 6 mounting ext3
>> mount: error 2 mounting none
>> switchroot: mount failed: 22
>> umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>>
>> (I apologize for any typos, I don't have a way to copy/paste from that
>> screen)
>>
>> I can boot up with the boot CD, go into rescue mode and browse the
>> files, so I know the drives are ok.
>>
>> I found some stuff online saying that I should recreate my initrd from
>> rescue mode if the motherboard changed. I tried this, but am still
>> getting the same results.
>
> Anyone have any ideas here? I can rebuild the machine if I have to, but
> that's a last resort.
Sorry, hit <send> and had another thought: I think you said you rebuilt
the initrd... *could* you see the drives? *Did* the running system you
rebuilt from have all the LVM drivers loaded when you rebuilt it?
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