Shutdown problem : Usage: init

PeterOnTheNet · 03-03-2005, 02:07 PM

Hi,
I am just installing slackware, and I am stuck.
After exiting setup and setting up a root password
I have done
# shutdown now -r

and it show up on the screen

Usage: init

BusyBox v0.60.5 (2003.02.16-05:06+0000) multi-call binary

what to do now? How I can restart my box?

salparadise · 03-03-2005, 02:19 PM

Ctrl+Alt+Delete is the correct method at the end of setup.
The command you should have entered is
shutdown -r now

also

reboot

works as well.

PeterOnTheNet · 03-03-2005, 02:28 PM

Thanks

ctr +alt + del worked

But now system restarted and shows:

VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER
I had no root floppy ( I have no floppy drive) so presed ESC and it shows:

VFS: Cannot open root device "202" or 02:02
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:02

and LEDs on keyboard are blinking

whooh what now? Please

salparadise · 03-03-2005, 02:37 PM

Did you change the bootloader to be loaded on the MBR?
It doesn't default to MBR.

Unles you know how to boot from the CD, mount the root partition as /mnt/sysimage and edit the bootloader (which I don't), then, if the bootloader config is messed up, reboot with installation CD1 and rerun the "configure your system" option and choose "simple" level of lilo config and make sure it's on the MBR.

PeterOnTheNet · 03-03-2005, 02:46 PM

I did put bootloader to MBR, I think I have to reinstall but I am not sure if that will be slackware again. I spend 2 hours with the book in hand and online help to install it and in year 2005 operating sytem doesnt want to work on standard machine. I installed all kinds of Linux in last 8 weeks and stuck only with slackware.

Anyway I will reinstall it and try again.

keefaz · 03-03-2005, 03:09 PM

Is your drive an IDE one ? Also what filesystem did you use for / ?

salparadise · 03-03-2005, 03:14 PM

Yes,
Slackware is totally unforgiving.

I've tried about 7 or 8 times and had 2 successful installs.
Nice when it's working though.

PeterOnTheNet · 03-03-2005, 03:20 PM

I have 2 IDE drives one is 18 GB hda and 8 GB hdb.
Partitions were
hda2 boot primary Linux /
hda3 primary Linux /home
hda1 primary Linux swap

hdb1 primary Linux /public

All RF riser formated or something like that

Now I am reinstalling and have made:

hda1 primary Linux / 10000,95 MB ext2
hda2 primary Linux Swap 1060,58 MB
hda3 primary Linux /home 8995,56 MB ext2
hdb1 primary Linux /public 8447,37 MB ext3

wil it work now? tell me before I will proceed, please

mdarby · 03-03-2005, 03:35 PM

That will work, just do a newbie (full) install. I've installed it on a ton of machines with no problem...

salparadise · 03-03-2005, 03:36 PM

Personally I would set it as

hda1 swap (slightly larger than total RAM)
hda2 / (about 4 or 5 gig) ext3
hda3 /home (the rest) ext3

hdb1 as whatever you want

I don't know about mixing reiser and ext3 on the same system, i've always stuck to ext3 for everything.

(The problems I've had with slackware have been networking and screen resolution based. )

cathectic · 03-03-2005, 03:54 PM

Quote:

hda1 swap (slightly larger than total RAM)

Swap does not need to be any bigger than 256mb. On modern systems with lots of RAM, even running X, swap is hardly used these days.

Quote:

I don't know about mixing reiser and ext3 on the same system

There is no problem mixing ReiserFS (Reiser version 3 comes with Slack. Since Reiser4 is not included in vanilla kernels, it is therefore not included in Slack) and ext3, or using just one of them.

PeterOnTheNet · 03-03-2005, 05:50 PM

When it will ask what kernel I want to install, I should pick:
1. From CD installer
or
4. Skip and leave as it is ( can be kernel from A release) or something like that?

dx0r515t · 03-03-2005, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PeterOnTheNet
When it will ask what kernel I want to install, I should pick:
1. From CD installer
or
4. Skip and leave as it is ( can be kernel from A release) or something like that?

I always pick from cd and it works fine.