Re: newbie help request
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:54:52PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
> Ed R wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I've just installed debian 8.0 on a thinkpad t41 laptop. Installed w/ grub
> > boot selected as this is only OS on system. All seemed to go well until
> > reboot which failed due cache sync errors. Current symptons are I can't
> > restart from the software as I see a "Kernel Panic - not syncing attempt
> > to kill init exitcode=0x00000009.
> >
> > System will start with power on/off button.
So it starts OK if you physically turn it off/on with the power switch,
but not via a reboot command?
> > Are there utilities available to check my system? Any advice/help
> > appreciated.
> >
> > PS ( I tried searching debian docs, but didn't find help)
>
> You can use the install CD or live cd/dvd or usb stick.
>
> To me it looks like something is wrong with the initramdisk - read about it
> to understand how it works. usually when it can not mount the rootfs and
> run init
>
> So as it is your first install you can try again. I would recommend to use
> ubuntu and get familiar with debian the easy way.
>
> To fix your problem you need to know grub and initramfs. It means also know
> how init works and how disks/partitions etc are managed.
Are you sure that would cause a Kernel Panic?
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