this means either your initrd is corrupted, or you did not rerun lilo after createing the initrd.
Yup.. I forgot to run /sbin/lilo but it doesn't take. The first error is failed to create /dev/mapper/control and after that everything fails and it ends up in a kernel panic.
ok, the attached file is a log of my computer booting with a 2.4 kernel with device-mapper enabled and my initrd and lvm packages. i used the latest prebuilt kernel from mandrake cooker.
tell me where your situation differs from mine and please try copying down the 'exact' messages that the kernel prints before panicking. (the failed to create /dev/mapper/control is normal if you are using devfs, i'll try to remove needless warnings in a future release)
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------------ mkinitrd ---------- # mkinitrd -v --lvm-version=2 -f /boot/initrd-2.4.24-0.pre2.1mdk.img 2.4.24-0.pre2.1mdk Looking for deps of module 3w-xxxx scsi_mod Looking for deps of module scsi_mod Looking for deps of module sd_mod scsi_mod Looking for deps of module scsi_mod Looking for deps of module dm-mod Looking for deps of module ext3 jbd Looking for deps of module jbd Using modules: ./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o ./kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o ./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o ./kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.o ./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o ./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o Using /root/tmp as temporary directory. /sbin/nash -> /root/tmp/initrd.02YkRu/bin/nash /sbin/insmod-DIET -> /root/tmp/initrd.02YkRu/bin/insmod Loading module scsi_mod.o Loading module 3w-xxxx.o Loading module sd_mod.o Loading module dm-mod.o Loading module jbd.o Loading module ext3.o `/sbin/lvm2-static' -> `/root/tmp/initrd.02YkRu/sbin/vgscan' Contents of RCFILE: #!/bin/nash echo "Loading scsi_mod.o module" insmod /lib/scsi_mod.o echo "Loading 3w-xxxx.o module" insmod /lib/3w-xxxx.o echo "Loading sd_mod.o module" insmod /lib/sd_mod.o echo "Loading dm-mod.o module" insmod /lib/dm-mod.o echo "Loading jbd.o module" insmod /lib/jbd.o echo "Loading ext3.o module" insmod /lib/ext3.o echo Mounting /proc filesystem mount -t proc /proc /proc echo Creating device files mkdevices /dev echo Making device-mapper control node mkdmnod echo Scanning logical volumes vgscan --ignorelockingfailure echo Activating logical volumes vgchange -ay --ignorelockingfailure echo Making device nodes vgmknodes echo 0x0100 > /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev echo Mounting root filesystem mount -o defaults --ro -t ext3 /dev/vg00/lvol1 /sysroot pivot_root /sysroot /sysroot/initrd echo Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary handledevfs umount /initrd/proc Creating filesystem with size 978KB and 147 inodes ------------ lilo.conf --------- boot=/dev/sda map=/boot/map install=menu vga=792 default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/vg00/lvol1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="panic=60 acpi=force devfs=mount" read-only ------------ boot log ---------- RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Freeing initrd memory: 333k freed VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). Mounted devfs on /dev Red Hat nash version 3.5.15.1-mdk starting Loading scsi_mod.o module Using insmod provided by busybox. SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 Loading 3w-xxxx.o module Using insmod provided by busybox. 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.037. scsi0 : Found a 3ware Storage Controller at 0x7c30, IRQ: 9, P-chip: 1.3 scsi0 : 3ware Storage Controller Vendor: 3ware Model: Logical Disk 0 Rev: 1.0 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Loading sd_mod.o module Using insmod provided by busybox. Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 240119680 512-byte hdwr sectors (122941 MB) Partition check: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 Loading dm-mod.o module Using insmod provided by busybox. device-mapper: 4.0.1-ioctl (2003-07-12) initialised: dm@uk.sistina.com Loading jbd.o module Using insmod provided by busybox. Journalled Block Device driver loaded Loading ext3.o module Using insmod provided by busybox. Mounting /proc filesystem Creating device files Making device-mapper control node failed to create /dev/mapper/control Scanning logical volumes Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "vg00" using metadata type lvm1 Activating logical volumes 7 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg00" now active Making device nodes Mounting root filesystem kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed INIT: version 2.85 booting
