Kenel panic with error "Mount : error 6 mouting ext3"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Kernel panic while booting the system after kernel update on RHEL-4.
Uncompressing Linux..ok booting the kernel
Redhat nash version 4.2.1.10 starting
Mount : error 6 mouting ext3
Mount : error 2 mouting none
switchroot: mount failed: 22
umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
kernel panic -not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • kernel-2.6.9-100.ELsmp

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