Kernel Panic After Restoring Linux Partition ( post #1)

Hello forum,

After restoring my Linux partition with Acronis True Image mirroring software, I get the following message half way through the boot process:

starting udev
can't mount root file system
kernel panic no init found try init= options

But whenever I do a clean install of this same version of Linux to test my system on that same partition, everything boots up fine. So that proves to me that my computer is working OK. And Linux was working fine when I first made the backup image so it must be good too. I would rather use the restore instead of performing a clean install to save all of my installed programs and settings.

I am using Mandrakelinux 10.1 kernel version 2.6.8.1 - 12

If I run lsparts from the rescue CD, all of my partitions show up OK.

If I run init=/ sbin/ init at LILO after hitting the escape key, I still get the same error message.

If I attempt to do an upgrade install to try to fix it, it says oops - no root partition.


Can anybody help me please?

Thanks in advance,
Roy


Last edited by rrrssssss on 04-21-2005 at 08:07 AM

Update --

I typed root=/dev/hda1 at the LiLo command prompt and and the OS booted up a little further before it stopped.

Now during the boot process it reads:

checking root file system
fsck.ext2/dev/hda5
superblock can't be read
no such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda5

I THINK that second line should read fsck.ext2/dev/hda1 since I don't even have a hda5 anywhere I can see. hda1 is the hard drive where Linux is installed, not hda5.

One more thing, I think the problem has something to do with the way the Linux partition was restored because whenever only 1 partition is restored (I have 2 partitions, XP and Linux for dual boot) using True Image, nothing in the MBR gets restored. So I guess the MBR is failing to point to something that is needed to get Linux to boot.

Can anybody be kind enough to get me through this?

Thanks in advance,
Roy