On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:08:41PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:21:23PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: > | On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 15:08, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > | > Kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > Hey, cool (sorta) -- someone else has this problem too. I've got a > kernel that does this too. I will look at my machine again soon since > I just got back from the weekend. > > | This is very strange! Especially to happen twice! What are you doing to > | your system? > > I've only seen this once. In my case I am trying to install debian > (woody) on a brand new machine. > > | Is the filesystem that the kernel is mounting as root really the > | root filesystem? Or is it mounting another filesystem thinking it is > | root? Is sbin in that filesystem? Try passing the root= parameter to > | the kernel as well with the root partition. eg. linux root=/dev/hda3 > | init=/sbin/init. > > I used the potato installer, then dist-upgraded (as I have done on > other machines before). The 2.2 kernel can boot just fine. None of > the 2.4 kernels I've tried work. One of them gives the error > Alessandro is seeing. I find this thread very interesting since I'm > encountering the same issue. > > | What were you doing before this happened? Was it a kernel upgrade > | gone wrong? > > Something or other like that. After upgrading to woody, I installed a > 2.4 kernel. Then I built my own 2.4 kernel and installed it. I also > installed the -bf2.4 kernel. None of them boot. Two don't like the > root= param and one can't find init. > > -D >
Okay, perhaps I am getting ahead of myself, but did you run lilo after upgrading to the new kernel? I know it's silly to suggest this, but you won't believe how often people forget this basic step :-}. -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
