upgraded from redhat 9 to fc2...wont boot
 

Ok i updated redhat 9 to fedora core 2 using apt-get. had a bunch of problems but now all packages are installed. I have kernel 2.4 and kernel 2.6 installed. kernel2.4 still wroks and can boot with it but login is really slow and im getting other weird prlblems. when i try and boot to kernel 2.6 i get this warning:

mount: missing device
failed in exec at defaults
failed in exec at ext2

pivot out: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
kernel panic: no init found

Any clues what is the problem?

thanks,
Paul

hi there

this error
pivot out: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2

i got when i did not had ext2 FS support compiled in my kernel;
u need that support into ur kernel even if u r using ext3 since ext2 is required initially whn the system starts

regards

all my filesystems are ext2 already. does kernel 2.6.8 have ext2 support in it?

Thanks

hi there

this needs to be checked by u whther u have compile the kernel with that support
it surely does have an option for that
and since u have upgraded usng apt-get u must be having that support


do check out the partition that have been specified as root partition in ur grub.conf/lilo/.conf

regards