My fstab file looks like this: /dev/hdb7 / reiserfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb2 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user,unhide 0 0 #/dev/cdrom1 /cdrom1 iso9660 noauto,ro,user,unhide 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb3 /var reiserfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /usr reiserfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb6 /home reiserfs defaults 0 0
Running the grub commands on the command line gives error code 16. The kernel and the initrd files are vmlinuz-2.4.22-1-686 initrd.img-2.4.22-1-686 I hope this will shed more light on the problem. Regards, Anim > Subject: FW: FW: Kernel panic error > > > > > > > From: Jerome R. Acks > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 24 October 2003 03:47 > > > To: Anim Asante > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Kernel panic error > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 11:10:02AM +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. > > > > > > > > > > I do not have any problems when I use lilo. I > am > > > not > > > > at my machine at the moment but I will give it > a > > > try > > > > and see what happens. > > > > > > Can you post the pertinent section from > lilo.conf? > > > > > > > The section from lilo.conf is as follows: > > > > > > boot=/dev/hda > > root=/dev/hdb7 > > install=/boot/boot-menu.b > > map=/boot/map > > image=/vmlinuz initrd=/initrd.img > > label=linux > > read-only > > > > other=/dev/hda1 > > label=windows > > If this section in lilo boots your kernel, a > comparable section in > grub's menu.lst would be: > > title Debian/GNU linux > root (hd1,6) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb7 > initrd /initrd.img > boot > > If /vmlinuz and /initrd.img are symlinks to > /boot/vmlinux-2.4.xxx and > /boot/initrd.img-2.4.xxx,respectively, you should > replace them with > the specific kernel and initrd filenames. The grub > menu.lst would read: > > title Debian/GNU linux > root (hd1,6) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xxx root=/dev/hdb7 > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.xxx > boot > > If /boot is in a different partition that /dev/hdb7, > "root (hd1,6)" > will need to be changed to match the partition of > /boot. For example: > is /boot is /dev/hdb6, the grub menu.lst would be: > > title Debian/GNU linux > root (hd1,5) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.xxx root=/dev/hdb7 > initrd /initrd.img-2.4.xxx > boot > > To be more definitive, you will need to spply more > info. Post your > /etc/fstab and the kernel and initrd.img filenames > in /boot. > > If you run grub in a terminal, you can determine the > appropriate file > names and root device by using grub's find command. > > -- > Jerome > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=ATT00018.dat ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]