P2V Conversion with kernel panic errors.

Assuming that you booted into a rescue CD, did a mkinird(with proper options) command, and still get the kernel panic error. Try this:

Comment out all the existing enties for these hostadapters and add these:

alias scsi_hostadapter mptbase
alias scsi_hostadapter mptspi
alias scsi_hostadapter2 ata_piix