March 18, 200818 yr Whatever I do I end up on a: Unpacking initramfs...<0>Kernel panic - not syncing: no cpio magic Last time that happen I redownloaded the files and retransfered bzroot and bzimage, but I now did it several time, using OS X and Windows, and it doesn't work, is my usb key dead ? I'm running a Mem test at the moment, but everything seems fine on that side. The Mem test was ok, I disconnected the network cable got a kernel panic with a different message. I know compare md5 of bzroot, and they differ on my computer and on my flash drive, is my flash drive just losing it? (and I don't have the 4.2.1 files anymore)
March 18, 200818 yr As a test, I downloaded the zipped image from our download site and prepared a Flash using it - no problem. Probably your Flash is having problems. You can try copying the bzroot file off the Flash back to your PC and doing a 'diff' to see if it's corrupted.
March 18, 200818 yr Just set up a new unraid box, 1st one. Things look really good. I am getting the same error(kind of) when I try to boot, however. I too have tried 4.2.4 and 4.3.2. My memtest comes back fine. It's frustrating. I get Unpacking initramfs....<0> Kernel Panic - not syncing: invalid format (err=2) Going to try a different thumbdrive. Any suggestions?
March 19, 200818 yr Best choice is to try a different Flash drive. Second option is to go into your motherboard bios and change slower USB speed - some bios call this "USB1.0", others call it "full speed" (as opposed to "hi-speed").
March 19, 200818 yr Darn, I don't have an option like that in my BIOS (phoenix award) Asus M@A-VM motherboard. I tried a Kingston 2gb stick and a memorex 512MB stick, same error. It stinks that I have all this hardware and get out done by a thumbdrive
March 19, 200818 yr After doing some more searching on this forum regarding boot issues, I found the answer! doing a syslinux -ma made both of my thumbdrives work!
March 19, 200818 yr Author I think I have a serious problem with the flash drive, I did several mount/unmount each time followed by a md5 on bzroot, and each time I get a different one, not a good sign… I think I have to consider reinvesting in flash memory! [EDIT] that was on OS X (on a mac mini intel, a macbook and a powermac g5), I did some test in Windows and I get proper md5 ?? On my unRAID server I get constant kernel panic on initramfs, I will try to get a new usb key ASAP. I already backed up my config folder, Should I try to reformat the key and put it back together to see if it helps
March 19, 200818 yr I already backed up my config folder, Should I try to reformat the key and put it back together to see if it helps Sure. Maybe it's a file system corruption issue, instead of physically bad Flash - though one would then wonder how the file system got corrupted...
March 19, 200818 yr Author Well, I tried a reformat, OS X succeed but cannot mount it after, windows thinks it's locked... :'(
March 20, 200818 yr Author I revived my USB key, it booted, who knows how long it will hold. Now that I'm feeling a bit less under stress, a short request : Tom would you consider a "special plan" for current owner like me ? Something like 30$ (99-69) for an upgrade from the single key to the key 2-pack (so only 1 more licence) or something like 69$ for a new key 2-pack. I felt really stupid not to have taken to key 2-pack at the first place, but my budget is not always expandable. (like these days)
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