[SOLVED] Trouble with scsi driver after P2V

Gabrie · Post by **Gabrie** » 2012/03/20 13:16:39

Hi

For a customer I have P2V-ed an old CentOS server into a virtual machine. I think it is CentOS 5 because the grub loader says kernel 2.6.18.

After booting the VM I can see the VM running through the boot process and when it is trying to load the logical volumes it gives me a kernel panic. (See image: [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7091/6853738092_2eae5e275a.jpg[/img] ).

This used to be a raid5 configuration. My guess is that the VMware LSI SCSI driver is not available in the OS, but how can I insert it?

Gabrie

Post by **TrevorH** » 2012/03/20 14:44:25

You'll almost certainly need to rebuild the initrd - there's a wiki article on just that if you google for it.

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2012/03/20 23:32:24

Welcome to the CentOS fora. Please see the recommended reading for new users linked in my signature.

If [url=http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/CreateNewInitrd]TipsAndTricks/CreateNewInitrd[/url] does not do the trick, then use the rescue mode of the CentOS 5.8 installation media, or a LiveCD/DVD boot of the VM, to [url=http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=28723&forum=54]provide more information about your system[/url] by running "./getinfo.sh disk" and showing us the output file.

Gabrie · Post by **Gabrie** » 2012/03/23 10:21:07

[quote]
pschaff wrote:
Welcome to the CentOS fora. Please see the recommended reading for new users linked in my signature.

If [url=http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/CreateNewInitrd]TipsAndTricks/CreateNewInitrd[/url] does not do the trick, then use the rescue mode of the CentOS 5.8 installation media, or a LiveCD/DVD boot of the VM, to [url=http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=28723&forum=54]provide more information about your system[/url] by running "./getinfo.sh disk" and showing us the output file.[/quote]

SOLVED !!! Thank you, that was spot on.

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2012/03/23 14:16:01

You are welcome. Thanks for reporting back. Marking this thread [SOLVED] for posterity.

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