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Re: Fwd: 2.6.26 and 2.6.29 kernel image , Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0



On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 03:09:40AM +0200, Szabolcs Tóth wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Proliant DL380 G5 server with a HP Smart Array P400 Controller 
> which provide 2 logical drive.
>
> I used 2.6.18 debian kernel. After I upgraded to lenny I installed the  
> 2.6.26 amd64 kernel package but the system hanged with the following  
> error msg.
>
> I installed the the 2.6.29 kernel too from the lenny-backport but I got 
> the same error msg. I tried to upgrade lilo, adding the lage-memory 
> option but nothing.
>
> [    4.550063] checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip magic 
> numbers); looks like an initrd
> [    4.690037] Freeing initrd memory: 6392k freed
> [    7.920170] Waiting 12sec before mounting root device...
> [   19.988876] RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
> [   20.067490] List of all partitions:
> [   20.142760] No filesystem could mount root, tried:
> [   20.200934] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs 
> on unknown-block(104,2)
>
> Please help me to solve my problem.
> thanx
> Szabolcs Toth
>


try booting with kernel options init=/bin/bash


this will give you a command line prompt.

try 
cat /proc/partitions
lsmod 

see what the kernel can see on boot up and what modiles have been
loaded.

I do not think this is a mem issue more a can't find hard drives


Alex

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