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Re: 2 GB RAM support in woody



--- Jonathan Lassoff <jlassoff@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:49:07 -0800 (PST), saravanan
> ganapathy
> <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have done recompile using kernel-source-2.4.18
> and
> > after reboot I got the following error
> >
> > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
> > VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly
> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 288k freed
> > kernel panic no init found , try passing init=
> option
> > to kernel
> >
> > How to solve this problem? Please help me
> >
> > Sarav
> 
> Well, obviously your kernel cannot find init. On my
> box it is in
> /sbin/init, and is likely the same for yours. What
> is happening is
> that your kernel is looking somewhere for init and
> not finding it,
> either as a result of an improperly mounted
> filesystem or lack of its
> existence. See what init other kernels find and try
> passing the path
> to one on a properly mounted root file system by
> passing a correct
> "root=" option (like "root=/dev/hda1") and init
> option (like
> "init=/sbin/init") and see where that might get you.
> I seem to
> remember that one could define where init is in the
> kernel
> configuration, or just pass it at boot time.
> 
> --Jonathan

I tried to boot using lilo as 
 ' linux root=/dev/hda1 init=/sbin/init '

But got the same error. Any other way?

Sarav


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