kernel panic occurs after installing and booting a new kernel if lvm filters are applied

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Issue

  • After updating the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 system to 2.6.18-92.1.13.e15 kernel and rebooting the system, system panicked with the following errors.

    Unable to access resume device (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01)
    mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
    setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory
    switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
    Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
    
  • The same issue occurs after migration to a different server e.g. a P2V migration

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6

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