HELP - Kernel Panic RedHat 4.1.18, what now?

I have a client who has for the last four years been running a Red Hat 4.1.18 Server with absolutely zero problems.

Yesterday somebody had a problem with one of the attached Windows PC's and decided to reboot the server. By reboot I mean pull turn off the power to the box.

When they tried to reboot, they get a kernel panic. This is what the screen says;

Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
audit(1009912323.849:0): initialized
Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting
File descriptor 3 left open
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
/dev/hda: open failed: No medium found
No volume groups found
File descriptor 3 left open
/dev/hda: open failed: No medium found
No volume groups found
File descriptor 3 left open
/dev/hda: open failed: No medium found
No volume groups found
mount: error 6 mounting ext3
mount: error 2 mounting none
switchroot: mount failed: 22
umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I'm stuck, I've never come across this before. What do I do to recover this?

(and yes the staff member has been educated to the fact that if they do not know what they are doing they should leave well alone)

 

I have a client who has for the last four years been running a Red Hat 4.1.18 Server with absolutely zero problems.


your client that you made money from.

call Red Hat @ 1-800-save-my ASP