On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Gregory Machin wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I used VMware Standalone converter 5.5 to convert a CentOS 5.3 machine > from > > a Physical server to a Virtaul Machine on ESXi 5.1 . Thus far with every > > attempt to convert this machine I get a "Kernel panic" > > > > mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' > > setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory > > setuproot: error mounting /proc failed: No such file or directory > > setuproot: error mounting /sys failed: No such file or directory > > switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!-220000 > > I'm not following all of what is on the machine here, but here are some > general things to try: > > 1. From what I can tell, your grub.conf expects /boot to be on its own > partition, which appears to be sda1 .. is that the case? > > Yes, originally /boot and / where on the same disk as seperate partitions, VMware converter recreates them as separate disks each with its own partition /boot on /dev/sda1 and / on /dev/sdb1 . > 2. Verify your /etc/fstab looks right for the new virtual HW you set up. > As far as I can tell it should be correct. > 3. If that is correct, try using "grub-install /dev/sda" to reinstall > your bootloader. > As far as I can tell this is correct. > > 4. You might trying using the older/compatible versions of hardware, > specifically the SCSI controller in case that is an issue. > > I have tried all the available hardware options. I have gone as far back as vmx-4 and tried all the scsi controler options. 5. In the event that it really can't find /proc or /sys mount in a > chrooted rescue environment run "mkdir /proc /sys ; chmod 555 /proc ; > chmod 755 /sys" > > I deleted the directories and recreated as above but no luck. > Good luck! > Barry >