Re: Kernel panic - init not found. Please help !!
Thanks for your reply. Actually, I am not using LILO
at all because I am aware of the large disk problem
with LILO. I learnt it the hard way when my partition
table got wiped out.
I am using loadlin, which I heard could be used with
the EZ Drive disk manager. Actually, loadlin works
great with my custom 2.0.36 kernel but with the custom
2.2.14 kernel I get a kernel panic.
I only have one IDE hard drive. The only reason I am
using the Adaptec scsi card is for my scsi scanner. I
am also builing the generic and scsi emulation support
as modules so that I can make the kernel see my CDRW
drive as a SCSI device instead of an IDE ATAPI device
so that I can use the cdrecord utility to record CDs.
Maybe SCSI support in the kernel instead of as modules
is the way to go - though frankly I don't understand
why since I don't have SCSI hard drives.
Also, why should the kernel behave differently from
2.0 to 2.2 in this case ?
> >
> > I am using loadlin to load up a kernel from from
> > Windows 95 partition. Since my BIOS is old and my
> hard
> > disk is new, I am using the EZ Drive disk manager
> for
> > my 10 GB hard drive.
>
> You may have a problem with the large disk. RTFM
> LILO WRT "linear"
> option.
>
> What kind of drive is this? IDE or SCSI (more
> below). From the
> /dev/hda references, I'm assuming IDE.
>
> > I have a Pentium 200 CPU with MMX and 32 MB
> memory.
>
> Buy more RAM! <g> Not related to your current
> problem, but....
>
> > I compiled a custom 2.0.36 before and it worked
> > without a problem.
> >
> > I then wiped the linux partition, installed the
> base
> > slink system again and used apt-get dist-upgrade
> to
> > upgrade
> > to a potato system. The kernel did not get
> upgraded
> > even though it was a stock 2.0.36 kernel.
> >
> > Anyway, I downloaded the 2.2.14 kernel source deb
> > package and used a config similar to the one I had
> > used
> > for my 2.0.36 kernel.
>
> You need to re-run LILO when you install a new
> kernel, if you're booting
> with LILO.
>
> > The 2.2.14 kernel starts ok but right after :
> >
> > Freeing unused kernel memory : 36k freed
> >
> > it says:
> >
> > Kernel panic. init not found. Pass init= option to
> the
> > kernel.
> >
> > I tried using rdev on my custom 2.0.36 kernel
> (which
> > works)
> >
> > rdev linux.20
> >
> > Root device /dev/hda5
> >
> > rdev linux.22
> >
> > Root device /dev/hda5
> >
> > and /dev/hda5 is where / is located so that does
> not
> > seem
> > to be the problem.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong or is this a kernel bug ?
> >
> >
> > Here is the config file for 2.2.14
>
> Hmmm... Looking at the SCSI options, you've
> configured AIC7XXX as
> a module. Are you using a SCSI disk? If so, you'll
> need an initrd
> to mount your HD, as modules are loaded from disk
> *after* you boot.
> Note the dilemma -- need module to read disk, need
> to read disk to
> get module.... Better yet, compile the SCSI support
> into the kernel.
> If you don't need the support, drop the SCSI stuff.
>
> > #
> > # Automatically generated by make menuconfig:
> don't
> > edit
> > #
> >
> > #
> > # Code maturity level options
> > #
> > # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
> >
> > #
> > # Processor type and features
> > #
> > # CONFIG_M386 is not set
> > # CONFIG_M486 is not set
> > # CONFIG_M586 is not set
> > CONFIG_M586TSC=y
> > # CONFIG_M686 is not set
> > CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
> > CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
> > CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
> > CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
> > CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
> > CONFIG_1GB=y
> > # CONFIG_2GB is not set
> > # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
> > CONFIG_MTRR=y
> > # CONFIG_SMP is not set
> >
> > #
> > # Loadable module support
> > #
> > CONFIG_MODULES=y
> > # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
> > # CONFIG_KMOD is not set
> >
> > #
> > # General setup
> > #
> > CONFIG_NET=y
> > CONFIG_PCI=y
> > # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
> > # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
> > CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
> > CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
> > CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
> > CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
> > CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
> > # CONFIG_MCA is not set
> > # CONFIG_VISWS is not set
> > CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> > CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
> > CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> > # CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is not set
> > # CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF is not set
> > CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
> > CONFIG_PARPORT=m
> > CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
> > # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
> > # CONFIG_APM is not set
> >
> > #
> > # Plug and Play support
> > #
> > CONFIG_PNP=y
> > # CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT is not set
> >
> > #
> > # Block devices
> > #
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED=y
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
> > CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> > # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
> > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
> > CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m
> > # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
> > # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
> > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
> >
> > #
> > # Networking options
> > #
> > CONFIG_PACKET=m
> > # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
> > # CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
> > # CONFIG_FILTER is not set
> > CONFIG_UNIX=y
> > CONFIG_INET=y
> > # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
> > # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
> > # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
> > # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
>
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