Hi Sid, On 29/07/07, Sid Boyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Boot failure on x86_64 (64X2), says it can't find init, specifically > > /init. 2.6.23-rc1-git1 boots and runs successfully. I haven't tried > > -git2. I shall reboot on 2.6.23-rc1-git3 tomorrow and record the full > > message. > > Strings from vmlinux in both the above:- > > > > Kernel alive > > /dev/console > > <4>Warning: unable to open an initial console. > > <4>Failed to execute %s > > <4>Failed to execute %s. Attempting defaults... > > /sbin/init > > /etc/init > > /bin/init > > /bin/sh > > No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > > > Tried option "init=/sbin/init" and got the same failure. > > Regards > > Sid. > > I see the sam problem with 2.6.23-rc1-git5. > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed > failed to execute /init > kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to > kernel > > Copying /sbin/init to / results in the same error. > openSUSE 10.3Alpha6plus > # rpm -qf /sbin/init > sysvinit-2.86-90
Please read chapter 4.1 and 4.5 http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/handbook/handbook-en-0.3-rc1.pdf It should be very simple git-bisect start git-bisect bad git-bisect good 0de085bb474f64e4fdb2f1ff3268590792648c7b and so on and so forth > > Regards > Sid. Regards, Michal -- LOG http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/log/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/