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Re: Kernel panic error



> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Bill Marcum [mailto:bmarcum@iglou.com] 
> Sent: 22 October 2003 07:01 
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org 
> Subject: Re: Kernel panic error 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 07:27:29AM +0100, Anim 
> Asante wrote: 
> > I have got a grub menu.lst file with a section of 
> the 
> > file looking like this 
> >  root (hd1,0) 
> >  kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 
> >  boot 
> >   
> > When I restart my machine and select this option, 
> the 
> > boot up process begins up 
> > to a point and it gives the following error 
> message: 
> >  Warning: unable to open an initial console. 
> >  Kernel panic: No init found. 
> >  Try passing init= option to kernel. 
> >   
> > Can anybody indicate what "option" should be? 
> > Thanks 
> > 
> The kernel can't find /sbin/init. Are you sure your 
> root partition is 
> at /dev/hdb1? Have you compiled a new kernel? If 
> so, did you remember 
> to build in support for your root filesystem? Try 
> booting from a floppy 
> or CD, or your old kernel if you have one. Or you 
> could try 
> init=/bin/sh 
> 

Thanks for the reply. 

I do not have any problems when I use lilo. I am not
at my machine at the moment but I will give it a try
and see what happens. 

Regards 
Anim 


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