Kernel Panic: No init found

only1gameguru · 04-17-2004, 08:04 PM

read title then,

it tells me to try passing init= option to kernel

any idea how i can fix this without reinstalling.

I have no idea how i got this message and if you are wondering
I am using Lilo bootloader
And before that it said

[Error 5] something
Press Shift to Continue

Very many thanks to (s)he who helps me and i shall always be in your debt

AutOPSY · 04-17-2004, 08:13 PM

post the output of fdisk -l
and the contents of your lilo.conf file.

Thymox · 04-17-2004, 08:31 PM

Try booting from your install disc, entering "rescue" mode (press F1 before the install routines start, and then type "rescue" followed by <Enter>).
Go to the menu item that says "mount partitions under /mnt".
Then open a console.
Type chroot /mnt
Edit your lilo.conf file (emacs /etc/lilo.conf) and add the appropriate lines as below.
Once done, type /sbin/lilo
Then reboot and cross your fingers.

Your default Linux entry should look something like this:

Code:

image=/boot/vmlinuz
        label="linux"
        root=/dev/hdaX
        initrd=/boot/initrd.img
        append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdf=ide-scsi"
        vga=794
        read-only

You will need to change the line that says "root=/dev/hdaX" to reflect your real / partition. The important line is the "initrd=/boot/initrd.img" line.

Good luck.

only1gameguru · 04-18-2004, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AutOPSY
post the output of fdisk -l
and the contents of your lilo.conf file.

i dont know nor do i know how to view the output of my fdisk -l
but the lilo output should be

linux
failsafe
windows

but i checked the lilo.conf file in the emacs as Thymox reconmaned and there was nothing there....
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would be easier for me to reinstall the OS dispite the fact I want to be able run linux and fix all the problems without reinstalling the OS. Dispite the fact I am quite sure that everything can be fixed with reinstalling it

only1gameguru · 04-19-2004, 06:32 AM

this was a head scretcher...
but i found out the trouble...
my brother set the computer up and plugged the harddrive into the wrong IDE contentor thing... which brings me to something why does it make a difference in Linux and not Windows...?

d_t_baker · 05-03-2004, 11:32 PM

Windows is designed to "guess" what the user does and fix it without the user knowing they did somethign wrong, which is bad when u intentionally do somethign and windows fixes it.

In Linux if you change which IDE cable ur hdd is plugged into, the HDD will get a new "label" (ie from hda to hdc) and the rest of linux wont know how to find the new label.

only1gameguru · 05-04-2004, 06:03 PM

man windows sucks even more in my eyes now

SciYro · 05-04-2004, 11:45 PM

look at (kernel source tree)/Documentation/devices.txt for the definitions of hda, hdb, hdc etc, etc

and its not really a new label, the kernel sees the devices /dev/hda as the master on ide0 (primary ide slot), /dev/hdc is the slave of the primary ide slot

decypher · 05-13-2004, 02:24 PM

Hello, I am running mandrake 9.2 and recently compiled the kernel and am experiecing similar problems are the poster of the thread. I've checked my lilo.conf and everything is precisely as it was before the compile, only the vmlinuz value has been changed on all the boot options. What gives? What can I do to fix this?