on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:46:15AM -0600, Rory O'Connor (midget@elaris.com) wrote:
> welp, i'm not sure if linux will ever boot from my hard disk again!
> before I was having a problem with LILO hanging at "LI", and i deemed
> it a problem with my SCSI drive. I unplugged the SCSI drive,
> rebooted, and the MBR was found and the boot process began...only to
> end in failure yet again! kernel panic: no init found.
>
> I wonder if the panic is due to the scsi not being there. but i
> really don't have any clue as to what it could be. any suggestions?
>
> i can boot from floppy just fine, and I believe it's the same exact
> kernel that's on the HD (i created them both when i installed). If
> all else fails, is there a way to replace the kernel on the HD with
> the one on the floppy that works?
How many SCSI disks do you have?
Did you plug your SCSI drive(s) back in the same way they were? Have
you triple-checked the cabling? Did you put termination back on,
properly, if necessary?
Is there a SCSI setup utility during your system's POST boot process?
Use it to confirm your hardware's where you expect it.
Sounds like the drive's there, but you're not getting the partitions
located properly. Try specifying your boot and init options at the LILO
prompt:
linux boot=/dev/sda<number> init=/bin/bash
...which should give you a shell.
If that doesn't work, get the LNX-BBC rescue disk (CD-R required,
preferred) or Tom's Root/Boot (floppy, much less capable), and boot
these to explore your system:
http://www.lnx-bbc.org/ LNX-BBC
http://www.toms.net/rb/ Tom's Root/Boot
Peace.
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