Getting kernel panic on RHEL 4 running on VMware ESX 4.0.

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Issue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 machine is not coming up on VMware ESX 4.0. Upon starting the virtual machine, getting the following kernel panic error.

    "kernel panic not syncing attempted to kill init"
    

It's a VMware P2V converted virtual machine.This is the first time it's powered up.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x
  • VMware ESX 4.0 (host)
  • VMware P2V

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