Paul G. Allen wrote: > > > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> Paul G. Allen wrote: >>> I tried to upgrade my laptop from FC4 to FC6. Everything seemed to work >>> fine, but when I boot, I get an error such as this: >>> >>> unmounting old /dev >>> unmounting old /proc >>> unmounting old /sys >>> WARNING: Can't Access >>> exec of init () failed: no such file or directory >>> >>> So far I've tried changing several things in grub.conf and fstab, and >>> have been googling for similar problems and fixes, but I still have had >>> no success. Anyone seen this type of problem before? >>> >> >> The message sounds to me like the transition out of initrd failed. >> >> I wish the "Can't access" warning were more explicit! :-( > > Tell me about it. My first response was "Access what?! WTF is that > supposed to tell me!?" > >> >> Google does show some hints that this may be xen related. > > I probably saw the same Google results as you're referring to. Except > that I'm not running Xen. > >> >> Can you post your grub.conf, and the output of fdisk -l ? >> > > Unfortunately, no. My server is down with a HDD that won't respond to > the SCSI Start command. My workstation has a HDD or P/S problem, and > this laptop either runs W2K or a broken FC6 install. Maybe I can mount a > USB flash drive so I can transfer data from one OS to the other. >
I don't suppose you have a Knoppix CD? Or..let's see, .. did the FC6 install CD have a rescue option? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
