Hello Beorn, 22.04.2009 08:14, Beorn Harris wrote:
first, welcome to this mailing list! I - and surely many others - are glad you found Bacula and we hope we can work together on your and other's problems in the future! > Hi, > > I have been tearing my hair out over this one...I am trying to test a bare > metal recovery, but so far have been unable to get the bacula rescue CDROM to > boot. I am able to generate the CDROM, and it gets past the isolinux > selection menu, but fails after initial kernel load... As the rescue CDROM project suffered from this sort of problems all the time, Kern decided to go a different way - using an adapted Ubuntu to boot from a USB stick (it's probably possible to use a CD as a boot media with a bit of effort, too). You'll find the necessary stuff in the svn: trunk/rescue/linux/usb. I don't know how detailed the manual is, but a quick glance reveals two README files at least. Hope you succeed using that stuff! Arno > Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 475k > Failed to execute /init > Kernel panic - not syncing: no init found. Try passing init= option to > kernel. > > I am using Rehat EL5 on a VMWare virtual machine (note that it is a different > VM I am trying to restore to). I am trying to generate the rescue CD from > the > scripts in /etc/bacula/rescue. I have also tried commenting out the cpio > version that makes the initrd without success either. > > I have done as much googling and RTFMming as I think I can...anyone have any > other thoughts? > > Cheers > > Beorn > > Other details as follows : > > # uname -r > 2.6.18-92.el5 > > # rpm -qa | grep bacula > bacula-client-2.4.4-1.el5.pp > bacula-2.4.4-1.el5.pp > > # cat /etc/bacula/rescue/linux/cdrom/cdtree/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg > default linux > prompt 1 > display boot.msg > timeout 300 > F1 boot.msg > F2 options.msg > F3 general.msg > F4 kernel.msg > label linux > kernel vmlinuz > append ramdisk_size=126279680 initrd=initrd.img > label memtest86 > kernel memtest > append - > > And finally, output from the build process > > # pwd > /etc/bacula/rescue > > > # make > (cd linux/cdrom; make all) > > make[1]: Entering directory `/etc/bacula/rescue/linux/cdrom' > > ./makekernel > > Updating modules in root RAM disk > > Coping /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5 to > /etc/bacula/rescue/linux/cdrom/cdtree/boot/isolinux/vmlinuz > ./makebinaries > > Building root /sbin. Some Could not find messages are normal ... > > ==== Could not find ash on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find ata-id on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find checkproc on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find dhcpd on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find fsck.jfs on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find hotplug on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find hwup on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find lilo on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find ltrace on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find mkfs.jfs on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find mkreiserfs on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find mt on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find path_id on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find raidstart on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find reiserfsck on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find scsi_info on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find strace on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find udev on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find udevstart on your system ==== > > ==== Could not find vol_id on your system ==== > > Building root shared libaries ... > > Building /etc ... > > ===================================================== > > ==== ==== > > ==== Warning your /etc/ssh directory was copied. ==== > > ==== Keep this directory and the CDROM secure. ==== > > ==== ==== > > ===================================================== > > make[2]: Entering directory `/etc/bacula/rescue/linux/cdrom/bacula' > > ./getdiskinfo > > Begin collecting system info ... > > df: `/etc/bacula/rescue/linux/cdrom/mnt': No such file or directory > > Gathering LVM information > > /dev/hda: open failed: No medium found > /dev/hda: open failed: No medium found > No volume groups found > /dev/hda: open failed: No medium found > No volume groups found > Done collecting info. > Begin creating scripts ... > Done making partitioning scripts > Begin making formatting script(s) ... > Begin making LVM formatting script(s) ... > Done building scripts. > ./make_rescue_disk > ./copy_to_roottree > make[2]: Leaving directory `/etc/bacula/rescue/linux/cdrom/bacula' > ./makeinitrd > Creating the Initial RAM disk image.... > Initial RAM disk contents will be 123320 KB > 123320+0 records in > 123320+0 records out > 126279680 bytes (126 MB) copied, 0.572853 seconds, 220 MB/s > Building initial RAM disk done > Compressing the RAM disk image.... > Ramdisk size is 126279680 > Making isolinux.cfg > Initial RAM disk initrd.img is built. > rm -f bootcd.iso > mkisofs -A "Bacula Rescue Disk" -V "Bacula Rescue Disk" \ > -J -R -T -o bootcd.iso \ > -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat \ > -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table cdtree > INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings. > Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem, > use -input-charset to override. > Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation > 27.56% done, estimate finish Wed Apr 22 14:11:21 2009 > 55.04% done, estimate finish Wed Apr 22 14:11:21 2009 > 82.60% done, estimate finish Wed Apr 22 14:11:21 2009 > Total translation table size: 5149 > Total rockridge attributes bytes: 1821 > Total directory bytes: 4096 > Path table size(bytes): 38 > Max brk space used 0 > 18169 extents written (35 MB) > make[1]: Leaving directory `/etc/bacula/rescue/linux/cdrom' > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and > around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save > $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. > 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. 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