On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 07:27:29AM +0100, Anim Asante wrote: > I have got a grub menu.lst file with a section of the > file looking like this > root (hd1,0) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 > boot > > When I restart my machine and select this option, the > boot up process begins up > to a point and it gives the following error message: > Warning: unable to open an initial console. > Kernel panic: No init found. > Try passing init= option to kernel. > > Can anybody indicate what "option" should be? > Thanks > The kernel can't find /sbin/init. Are you sure your root partition is at /dev/hdb1? Have you compiled a new kernel? If so, did you remember to build in support for your root filesystem? Try booting from a floppy or CD, or your old kernel if you have one. Or you could try init=/bin/sh
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