On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Gregory Machin wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I used VMware Standalone converter 5.5 to convert a CentOS 5.3 machine from
> a Physical server to a Virtaul Machine on ESXi 5.1 . Thus far with every
> attempt to convert this machine I get a "Kernel panic"
>
> mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
> setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory
> setuproot: error mounting /proc failed: No such file or directory
> setuproot: error mounting /sys failed: No such file or directory
> switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!-220000
I'm not following all of what is on the machine here, but here are some
general things to try:
1. From what I can tell, your grub.conf expects /boot to be on its own
partition, which appears to be sda1 .. is that the case?
2. Verify your /etc/fstab looks right for the new virtual HW you set up.
3. If that is correct, try using "grub-install /dev/sda" to reinstall
your bootloader.
4. You might trying using the older/compatible versions of hardware,
specifically the SCSI controller in case that is an issue.
5. In the event that it really can't find /proc or /sys mount in a
chrooted rescue environment run "mkdir /proc /sys ; chmod 555 /proc ;
chmod 755 /sys"
Good luck!
Barry
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