"Kernel Panic" ???

Zorya · 03-18-2003, 01:04 PM

Can anybody tell me how to fix "Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to Kernel."

I have no clue what I'm doing, and now neither does my linux box!

Zorya · 03-18-2003, 01:06 PM

I should also mention that when it gives me that message, my keyboard becomes unfunctional and it locks.

Texicle · 03-18-2003, 02:31 PM

Boot up with a boot disk, then type at the "boot:" prompt:

root=/dev/hda1

or whatever your root partition is actually on. This will get you to the command line--a start. From here you can change your runlevel to whatever you want in your /etc/inittab file. Runlevel 3 will get you to text login, and runlevel 5 will get you to GUI login. There's lots of posts here at LQ regarding the runlevels. Do a search and you'll find lots of posts on exactly how to switch your runlevels around. Hope this helps.

Zorya · 03-18-2003, 03:10 PM

Thanks!