Re: Kernel panic: No init found.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote:
> > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
> > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> > change_root: old root has d_count=1
> > Trying to unmount old root ... okay
> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed
> > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
> >
> > Any ideas on how to save this system without having to reinstall?
>
> try booting up with init=/bin/sh and see if you can get yourself
> a root prompt. if so, you're golden. you might need to
> reinstall some packages (like sysvinit), and i don't know what
> the easiest way is to find packages that might have corrupted
> files though.
>
>
> hth
> sean
>
no love from the init=/bin/sh option.
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