Explained: "kernel panic - not syncing - attempted to kill init"
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run a memory check, this is available on most every Linux distribution, whether it be from the install cd or the boot menu. If this shows errors check each stick of memory you have to find the faulty one and replace it or pull it. This should fix things up for you. The only other thing it really could be is the hard drive. Usually a mother board or processor going bad leads much bigger problems. Aside from that all I can say is try a different distro, not windows though. Running windows will very rarely tell you what is wrong with your computer and often mis lead you to thinking nothing is wrong, so it must be linux. This is wrong, it is not linux, it is your computer.
If the I/O controller was shorted then Windows XP would not boot neither. This seems to be isolated to Mandriva. Some system boot file is looking in the wrong places for the appropriate environment variables and paths.
I have exactly the same issue.
My Win XP PC would not boot and I need to retrieve data from it, so one of my friends suggested to use Ubuntu (9.04) to boot the Xp machine (e-machine t4010) with one slot of 512 RAM and access the data. But I am running into the "Kernel Panic" issue.
I also ran a memory test (20 min) and got
Pass =1
Errors = > 800000
ECC Errrs =0
What does this tell me? Is the issue in the RAM
How do pinpoint the issue (RAM, HD or Mother Board)?
Pl help.
Last edited by itsmelife; 12-24-2009 at 02:42 AM.
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Anyway in regards to this issue it normally happens when the kernel is unable to load the root file system. This can be caused many different things such as no drivers built into the kernel for the local storage drive.
Anyway in regards to this issue it normally happens when the kernel is unable to load the root file system. This can be caused many different things such as no drivers built into the kernel for the local storage drive.
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