Re: kernel 2.8 panic

["Harald Dunkel" <harald.dunkel@t-online.de>]

Bibiche wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My Linux kernel 2.8.1 doesn't boot. The three last log lines before panic are :
>
> pivot_root : No such file or directory 
> 2.8.1 /sbin/init : 426 cannot open dev/console : No such file 
> kernel panic : Attempted to kill init!
>
> I'm alone in this case ? 

pivot_root is the command to change the root file system.
If this fails, then there is a high chance that the new
root file system was not available. That explains why
dev/console could not be accessed.

If you are booting from a SCSI or SATA disk, then please
see

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=263169


Regards

Harri