Kernel upgrade results in "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!" on subsequent boot
Issue
- Upgrading our kernel's from RHEL 4.5 to RHEL 4.8 causes the panic message "
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
" - Boot fails with messages``
Mounting root filesystem
mount: error 6 mounting ext3
mount: error 2 mounting none
Switching to new root
switchroot: mount failed: 22
- SAN Boot System kernel panicking after kernel update
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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