Here’s a pretty weird kernel panic that I came across the other day:
Enforcing mode requested but no policy loaded. Halting now.
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
This usually means that you’ve set SELINUX in enforcing mode within /etc/sysconfig/selinux or /etc/selinux/selinux.conf but you don’t have the appropriate SELINUX packages installed. To fix [...]
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.
Operating System:
FreeBSD 5.4
What happened:
Server went unresponsive at the console and came up with the error upon power cycling.
Work done:
Ran a fsck from single user mode and then rebooted.
End result:
The fsck was successful and the server rebooted without an issue.
Operating System:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5
What happened:
The server was abruptly powered down, disassembled, and re-assembled.
Work done:
Ran a fsck from the rescue environment and it eventually completed (after much corruption was found), but the server would not boot properly.
End result:
The damage to the filesystem could not be adequately repaired as the errors were very [...]
Operating System:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
What happened:
The server was powered down gracefully, moved to a new rack, and then powered on.
Work done:
Ran a fsck from the rescue environment and it eventually completed, but the server would not boot properly.
End result:
The hard drive was in the process of failing, so it was replaced and the operating [...]