Re: Panic on new kernel

[Bradley Alexander <storm@tux.org>]

Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hello Bradley.
>
>   
>> So the problem I have is that any more recent stock kernel (I have tried
>> 2.6.16-smp and 2.6.17) panics on boot:
>>
>> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
>>     
>
> How does the config file of your bootmanager look like?
>
>
> Regards, Mathias
>
>   
Here is menu.lst (sans comments):

default         0
timeout         5
color cyan/blue white/blue
title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-2-686-smp
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686-smp root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-686-smp
savedefault
title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-2-686-smp (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686-smp root=/dev/sda1 ro single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-686-smp
savedefault
title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15-1-486
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-486 root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-486
savedefault
title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15-1-486 (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-486 root=/dev/sda1 ro single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-486
savedefault