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Thanks, Yes we know that far, I should have probably said that we have interrupted the boot boating sequence and edit the line replacing the Label with /dev/sda1 and various other alternatives none of which solve the problem since they gave:<br />
mount:error 6 mounting ext3<br />
mount:error 2 mounting none<br />
switchroot:mountfailed:22 &nbsp;<br />
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!<br />
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Can you please help identify from the old system what do I need to record and from the ESX system where to I find and what parameter I need to change?<br />
Thanks again
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Thanks, Yes we know that far, I should have probably said that we have interrupted the boot boating sequence and edit the line replacing the Label with /dev/sda1 and various other alternatives none of which solve the problem since they gave:
mount:error 6 mounting ext3
mount:error 2 mounting none
switchroot:mountfailed:22  
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Can you please help identify from the old system what do I need to record and from the ESX system where to I find and what parameter I need to change?
Thanks again

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On a VMware ESX 3.02 we are trying to migrate a Linux Red Had release 7.3 (Valhalla) Kernel 2.4.18-3smp on i686 that is running today in an old 2PIIIx1000 machine. We used cold convert an a VM was created on the ESX server, without any warnings. When we try loading the boot process failes:<br />
,,,,<br />
Mounting root filesystem<br />
ide-floppy driver 0.99 newide<br />
kmod:failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k ide-cd, errno=2<br />
hda:driver not present<br />
mount:error 6 mounting ext3<br />
pivotroot:pivot_root(/sysr<wbr />oot,/sysro<wbr />ot/initrd)<wbr /> failed: 2<br />
Freeing unused kernel memory: 304k freed<br />
kernel panic: No init fount. Try passing init=option to kernel.
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On a VMware ESX 3.02 we are trying to migrate a Linux Red Had release 7.3 (Valhalla) Kernel 2.4.18-3smp on i686 that is running today in an old 2PIIIx1000 machine. We used cold convert an a VM was created on the ESX server, without any warnings. When we try loading the boot process failes:
,,,,
Mounting root filesystem
ide-floppy driver 0.99 newide
kmod:failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k ide-cd, errno=2
hda:driver not present
mount:error 6 mounting ext3
pivotroot:pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
Freeing unused kernel memory: 304k freed
kernel panic: No init fount. Try passing init=option to kernel.

Fail to boot a cold converted  RedHad 7.3 VM on ESX3.02

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