Re: Install problem: Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.

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Subject: Re: Install problem: Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
From: Michael Spang <mike@midgard.no-ip.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:38:46 -0400
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brodul wrote:

I am installing DEBIAN, I press Enter to boot, but then:

.

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Freeing unused kernel memory: 96 k freed

Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.



I am a n00b please explain clear.

Sorry for my EN.

First off, "n00b" tends to a derogatory term. "newbie" is moreapplicable here.

The error means you have no init binary on your root filesystem. Theinstallation musthave failed somehow for this to have happened. Can you provide moreinformation about

what you've done during your installation attempt?

-- Michael Spang

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