Kernel Panic: Unable to find volume group "VolGroup00"; Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

kernelpanic-missingdriver.png

Operating System:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

What happened:
The kernel was upgraded and these messages appeared upon reboot.

Work done:
The modules for the RAID card had to be re-compiled and installed for the new kernel.

End result:
Once the drivers were installed, the server came up just fine after a reboot.

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  • Tapan Shah says:
    06.10.08 at 07:37

    Can u send me your /etc/fstab file and /etc/grub.conf file. And please do send me the list of commands you have entered.


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