EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
mount:error 22 mounting ext3 flags Freeing unused kernel memory: 260k freed
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel


i need help
i tried to install Mandrake 8.2 diskdrake cannot read partitions and after the full install i get this error message
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
mount:error 22 mounting ext3 flags Freeing unused kernel memory: 260k freed
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel

same thing in redhat 7.2

but i dont get it in old mandrake 7.2


when i boot on the cd i get dma_crc_error or something..
i am in windows xp and i dont get any errors..
please help me
i am desperate!!

i need linux

I've got the same error message from Redhat 7.3 and Redhat 8.0 too. I was able to run Redhat 7.1 and 7.2 with this machine. I really don't have a clue about this problem.

My system is :
IBM Thinkpad R30 Celeron 900 MHz

When i use "linux rescue", i can get access to my hard drive data. I changed ext3 tags to ext2 in my /etc/fstab file but it didn't work. I also tried to load the 2.4.18-5 kernel.

The solution I found was to ask for an ext2 filesystem for the / partition during the installation process of RedHat 8.0 (use Disk Druid).