We are planning a upgrade of all our z/Linux guest from SLES 11 SP4 to SLES 12
SP3. When executing the upgrade we receive the following message:
Failed to execute /init (error -2)
Kernel panic - not syncing: Requested init /linuxrc failed (error -2).
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.4.73-5-default #1
000000001ee5fcc8 000000001ee5fd58 0000000000000002 0000000000000000
000000001ee5fdf8 000000001ee5fd70 000000001ee5fd70 0000000000260734
0000000000ad5ea8 00000000007dc9ee 00000000007ca056 000000000000000b
000000001ee5fdb8 000000001ee5fd58 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
040000001ee5ff48 0000000000113c36 000000001ee5fd58 000000001ee5fdb8
Call Trace:
([<0000000000113b2a>] show_trace+0xf2/0x140)
[<0000000000113bea>] show_stack+0x72/0xf0
[<0000000000439e7a>] dump_stack+0x82/0xb0
[<000000000025f928>] panic+0xf0/0x228
[<000000000064b428>] kernel_init+0xc0/0x118
[<0000000000654e2e>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
[<0000000000654e28>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc
This are our configuration files:
SLES12 EXEC
/* REXX LOAD EXEC FOR SUSE Linux S/390 VM GUESTS */
/* LOADS SUSE Linux S/390 FILES INTO READER */
SAY ''
SAY 'LOADING SLES12 FILES INTO READER...'
'CP CLOSE PUN *'
'CP CLOSE RDR'
'PURGE RDR ALL'
'SPOOL PUNCH * RDR'
'PUNCH SLES12 Linux * (NOH'
'PUNCH PARMFILE 'USERID() ' * (NOHEADER'
'PUNCH SLES12 INITRD * (NOH'
'CHANGE RDR ALL KEEP NOHOLD'
'CP IPL 000C CLEAR'
PARMFILE
ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc TERM=dumb
hostip=10.23.11.246 netmask=255.255.248.0 gateway=10.23.11.193
nameserver=10.23.0.238 portname=none portno=0
instnetdev=osa osainterface=qdio osamedium=eth layer2=1
OSAHWaddr=02:78:C1:02:48:00
readchannel=0.0.0360 writechannel=0.0.0361 datachannel=0.0.0362
usevnc=1 vncpassword=vncpassw
install=http://10.1.38.158/upgrade/SLE-12-SP3-Server-DVD-s390x-GM-DVD1.iso
INITRD and LINUX
SLES12 INITRD D1 F 80 333414 6512 3/09/18
SLES12 LINUX D1 F 80 139085 2438 3/09/18
Why it can't connect? Our z/VM version is 6.4
Regards,
Victor Echavarry
System Programmer
Operating Systems
EVERTEC, LLC
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