System fails to boot with error "Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!" after upgrading to kernel-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5
Issue
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Mail Server went down due to power outage. Now mount could not find filesystem and boot fails with error :
Kernel panic - not syncing : Attempted to kill init ! -
System boots fine with old kernel-2.6.18-128.el5 but fails to boot with kernel-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5 .
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1
- LSI Megaraid 1064e SAS
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