Re: Kernel panic: No init found.
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote:
> linux root=/dev/hda2
>
> this results in the following error messages on boot:
>
> 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
>
> this is basically the same thing that i get when i boot without the cd
> too.
>
> Any ideas on how to save this system without having to reinstall?
Yes, perhaps your root-disk is not /dev/hda2 but another partition? I
saw this message today, and that seemed to be the problem.
Mark
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Mark Schouten
Alphen aan den Rijn, Holland
debian@jeeves.mine.nu
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