The kdump (crash) kernel panics with '/etc/clock: cannot open'

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When initiating a kernel crash dump (vmcore), the kdump kernel goes into panic. The last part of the console messages are given below:

    Creating block device ram9
Making device-mapper control node
Scanning logical volumes
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Found volume group "volgrp01" using metadata type lvm2
Activating logical volumes
  5 logical volume(s) in volume group "volgrp01" now active
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
/etc/clock: cannot open
<0>Rebooting in 20 seconds..

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

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