------- Comment From cha...@us.ibm.com 2024-03-19 14:42 EDT------- Regarding the main issue with the unable to mount to root, do you get the same errors prior to it as in the working installation? Are the kernel commandline the same? Any other differences?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2056491 Title: not able to install noble on PowerVM LPARs `Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block` Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After I select `Try or Install Ubuntu Server` on a PowerVM ppc64le Power9 or Power10 : error: out of memory. Press any key to continue... OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty@30000000 Preparing to boot Linux version 6.8.0-11-generic (buildd@bos01-ppc64el-003) (powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-13ubuntu1) 13.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.42) #11-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 14 00:33:03 UTC 2024 (Ubuntu 6.8.0-11.11-generic 6.8.0-rc4) Detected machine type: 0000000000000101 command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinux quiet --- Max number of cores passed to firmware: 256 (NR_CPUS = 2048) Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... done memory layout at init: memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned) alloc_bottom : 000000000e670000 alloc_top : 0000000020000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000020000000 rmo_top : 0000000020000000 ram_top : 0000000020000000 instantiating rtas at 0x000000001ec30000... done prom_hold_cpus: skipped copying OF device tree... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0000000010780000 -> 0x000000001078179e Device tree struct 0x0000000010790000 -> 0x00000000107a0000 Quiescing Open Firmware ... Booting Linux via __start() @ 0x000000000a750000 ... [ 0.019184] plpks: POWER LPAR Platform KeyStore is not supported or enabled [ 0.114052] SED: plpks not available [ 0.114507] /dev/root: Can't open blockdev [ 0.114520] List of all bdev filesystems: [ 0.114523] ext3 [ 0.114523] ext2 [ 0.114525] ext4 [ 0.114527] squashfs [ 0.114529] vfat [ 0.114531] fuseblk [ 0.114532] [ 0.114535] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) [ 0.114540] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.8.0-11-generic #11-Ubuntu [ 0.114545] Hardware name: IBM,9080-HEX POWER10 (raw) 0x800200 0xf000006 of:IBM,FW1030.00 (NH1030_017) hv:phyp pSeries [ 0.114551] Call Trace: [ 0.114553] [c000000006403b40] [c0000000016b2f28] dump_stack_lvl+0x70/0xb4 (unreliable) [ 0.114562] [c000000006403b70] [c0000000001926ec] panic+0x300/0x524 [ 0.114568] [c000000006403c10] [c00000000301146c] mount_root_generic+0x208/0x448 [ 0.114574] [c000000006403ce0] [c0000000030118d8] prepare_namespace+0x98/0x430 [ 0.114580] [c000000006403d70] [c000000003010820] kernel_init_freeable+0x32c/0x37c [ 0.114585] [c000000006403de0] [c0000000000115ec] kernel_init+0x34/0x298 [ 0.114591] [c000000006403e50] [c00000000000dfbc] ret_from_kernel_user_thread+0x14/0x1c [ 0.114596] --- interrupt: 0 at 0x0 [ 0.117006] pstore: backend (nvram) writing error (-1) [ 0.119362] Rebooting in 10 seconds.. This is the message from a Power10(9080-HEX), but the same is happening on a PowrerVM-Power9 (9009-22A) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/2056491/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
