Compiled own kernel and got: Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to
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Compiled own kernel and got: Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to
Dear,
I have installed Red Hat 8.0 , but I needed to build a vanilla kernel because of my network card. It does not seems to work under the RH kernel.
So I downloaded the 2.4.20 sources, roled up my sleeves, and got started. I have to say that I am very new to Linux, so I think everything went OK during the building process, but I can't be very sure of that.
For installing the kernel on the boot partition, I used make install. That did not seem to work with "root=LABEL=/", so I changed that to the boot partition.
That got me to where I am now: stuck on "Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel".
I found a lot of other postings concerning the "No init found message", but I was not able to get a clear idea of what I should do out of those.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Frankie
-> my grub.conf looks like this:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,5)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda8
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda6
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,5)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20 ro root=/dev/hda6
initrd /initrd-2.4.20.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Chaging to root=LABEL=/" results in another Kernel panic;
VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or 00:00
Please append a correct "root:" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
But it was indeed the grub.conf that was the problem, it had to be root=/dev/hda8
I got that from somebody in Linuxnewbie, but thanks for your post.
Of course my network card still doesn't work, ..., and although it's hard to believe; I still love learning Linux, "when men where men, and 'compiled' their own device drivers" !
Originally posted by fbl Chaging to root=LABEL=/" results in another Kernel panic;
VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or 00:00
Please append a correct "root:" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
But it was indeed the grub.conf that was the problem, it had to be root=/dev/hda8
I got that from somebody in Linuxnewbie, but thanks for your post.
Excellent! I'm impressed
But when did hda8 come into the picture?
Quote:
Of course my network card still doesn't work, ..., and although it's hard to believe; I still love learning Linux, "when men where men, and 'compiled' their own device drivers" !
Originally posted by charlie123 Hi, i have recieved a similar message. I have XP home and RH8.0 on a partition and i am using lilo to boot. After a while booting into linux i get:
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