Kernal Panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.

I rebuilded and rebooted my linux server , I got this message !!

What need to do ?

Raees

Your kenel must have a bit of problem.I think you should rebuild your kernel as steps:
1.modify /usr/src/linux/Makefile,EXTRAVERSION=-8(if your system is redhat9,remove custom)
2.make mrproper
3.make menuconfig and save
4.make dep
5.make clean
6.make bzImage
7.make modules(if you select modules)
8.make modules_install(if you select modules)

or if you ever changed your H/W settings?

did you make sure the root and boot partitions file system type are included in the kernel and not modules? I had the same error and it was that before.

http://thomer.com/linux/migrate-to-2.6.html

http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/799

are two sites that I found useful while recompiling my 2.6.3 kernel. Check it out..

I had the same problem when I tried to compile 2.6.0. I think it needs an initrd image to be placed in the /boot.
Goto bzImage (newly compiled) directory and use mkinitrd to create initrd, copy it to /boot

The main thing is to compile ext3 directly into the kernel _not as a module_

Run-

#make xconfig

Go to FileSystems & put a check on Ext3 journalling file system suport.

Then follow the usual steps -
#make bzImage
#make modules
#make modules_install
#make install

You _do not_ need to run make dep and make clean for ver 2.6 kernel

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=73436

will show you the way

When I made a boot floppy disk for linux.. My notion was to have a disk like MSDOS boot disk ,which will give me a console that will alow me to go through the file systems and make necessary changes to reboot.. But the one I made did not look like that .. even after tried to boot the stuff with folppy .. I ran in to same problem of kernel panic ...

I know, all that i have to do is to change the grub.cofig for my system to work but

What a stupid stuff .. I can't even do that with this boot floppy ....

I don't know how i will recover from this

Raees

Help please

what is your system?Redhat or ....
If your system is RH,you can insert RH disc1,then enter rescue mode.
You might operate like you say above.

How to start in rescue mode ?. Will there be a menue to select ..Or any special key ?

When you insert RH disc1,run linux rescue