Re: Kernel panic: No init found.
* diana tanase <dt520180@uni.edu> [2003 Mar 23 20:22 -0600]:
> Hi,
> I've been trying to install Debian (kernel version 2.20) on Sony Vaio
> PCG-GT1. Since I don't have a working CD-ROM I went ahead and created a
> floppy image (I'm not really sure I'm using the right images but this is
> another story). After inserting the rescue.bin disk it mounts the ext2
> partition and asks me to insert the root.bin disk, and after hitting
> enter I get ...
> >Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> >Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel
Hi Diana.
I'm guessing you also need to make a floppy image of the root.bin file,
located in the same directory as rescue.bin. I say this since I don't
see a specific mention of creating the second diskette and then swapping
disks.
The other possibility is that the second diskette is corrupted. I've
performed several floppy disk installs and usually have one or two
diskettes fail.
> Could anyone give me a hint about what should I do. I tried to set the
> init option but since I'm a newbie to Linux I must have been doing it
> wrong.
In addition to the rescue.bin and root.bin floppies, you will need to
make the driver and base diskettes as well. The Debian 3.0 release
requires 20 (or 22, I forget) disks for all of this. Older Debian
versions require less. After feeding all the floppies to the installer
you can then set up your modem or network (it's rather easy to miss the
PCMCIA setup) and do a network install which works very well.
Don't worry about making a few mistakes. I think it took me three times
to install Debian the way I liked it the first time through. Rather
than mistakes consider them a learning opportunity!
- Nate >>
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