Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-31 Thread Mohammed Sameer
Once upon a time Reid Mumford wrote @ Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:09:50 -0500 (EST) > I have a problem that has brought my laptop down. > > I recently installed KDE 3.1 and everything seemed to be working pretty > well. I was messing around with the file browser in kde and suddenly > started to get some

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:19:35PM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: > Reid Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > > > > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread ronin2
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:09:50 -0500 (EST) Reid Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a problem that has brought my laptop down. > > Any ideas on how to save this system without having to reinstall? Your filesystem was corrupted and you've lost some files (or pieces of files). You may be a

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread Mark Schouten
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > linux root=/dev/hda2 > > this results in the following error messages on boot: > > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonl

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread Johannes Rohr
Reid Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > > > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended > > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 f

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread Wilfried Essig
Am Mit, 2003-03-12 um 19.57 schrieb Reid Mumford: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > > > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended > > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > > VFS: Mounted root

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread Bob Paige
Warwick Brown wrote: tbh it looks like you have lost some vital system binaries, your best bet is to boot off the rescue disk, back up yer data files and reinstall, but make sure u bad block check the disks when u reformat them, coz lappies do get bounced around a fair bit, so disk damage shoul

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread Reid Mumford
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > > change_root: old root has d

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread sean finney
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > change_root: old root has d_count=1 > Trying to unmount old root ... okay > Free

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2003-03-12 Thread Warwick Brown
tbh it looks like you have lost some vital system binaries, your best bet is to boot off the rescue disk, back up yer data files and reinstall, but make sure u bad block check the disks when u reformat them, coz lappies do get bounced around a fair bit, so disk damage shouldnt be ruled out rega

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-27 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:54:18PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:29:25PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > | On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:24:54PM -0400, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > | > Hi! > | > > | > Thank you for your answer. I have tried passing to the boot prompt > | > > | > linux

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-24 Thread dman
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:59:00AM -0500, Gary Turner wrote: ... | In re using links, would you also use full file name for the kernel | image rather than an alias? And, is a magical transformation very | likely? If so, what would do it? Yes, I use the full file name for both kernel and initrd

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-24 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Alessandro Ghigi wrote on Mon Apr 22, 2002 um 03:08:40AM: > partition on the hard disk: /sbin/init is there and is ok (I have > replaced it with a copy from another system), and also inittab looks > ok. But the original root partition still does not work and gives the > same message.

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-24 Thread Gary Turner
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:47:11 -0500, dman wrote: >On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:22:56AM -0500, Gary Turner wrote: >| On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:16:01 -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: >| >On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:08:41PM -0500, dman wrote: >| >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:21:23PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-24 Thread dman
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:22:56AM -0500, Gary Turner wrote: | On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:16:01 -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: | >On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:08:41PM -0500, dman wrote: | >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:21:23PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: | >> | On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 15:08, Alessandro Ghig

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-24 Thread dman
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 12:16:01AM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: | On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:08:41PM -0500, dman wrote: | > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:21:23PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: | > | On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 15:08, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: | > | > | > Kernel panic: no init found. Try passi

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-23 Thread Gary Turner
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:16:01 -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: >On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:08:41PM -0500, dman wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:21:23PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: >> | On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 15:08, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: >> snip >> Something or other like that. After upgrading

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-23 Thread dman
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:33:18PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: | On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:24:54PM -0400, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: | > Thank you for your answer. I have tried passing to the boot prompt | > | > linux root=/dev/hda9 init=/sbin/init, | > | > but the result is the same as before. Actu

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-23 Thread dman
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:29:25PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: | On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:24:54PM -0400, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: | > Hi! | > | > Thank you for your answer. I have tried passing to the boot prompt | > | > linux root=/dev/hda9 init=/sbin/init, | > | > but the result is the same

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-23 Thread Andy Saxena
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:08:41PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:21:23PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: > | On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 15:08, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > | > Kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > Hey, cool (sorta) -- someone else has t

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-22 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 04:24, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > Hi! > > Thank you for your answer. I have tried passing to the boot prompt > > linux root=/dev/hda9 init=/sbin/init, > > but the result is the same as before. Actually /sbin is on the root > partition. > > I guess the reason why my system h

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-22 Thread Andy Saxena
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:24:54PM -0400, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > > Hi! > > Thank you for your answer. I have tried passing to the boot prompt > > linux root=/dev/hda9 init=/sbin/init, > > but the result is the same as before. Actually /sbin is on the root > partition. > > I guess the rea

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-22 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 04:24:54PM -0400, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > > Hi! > > Thank you for your answer. I have tried passing to the boot prompt > > linux root=/dev/hda9 init=/sbin/init, > > but the result is the same as before. Actually /sbin is on the root > partition. > > I guess the rea

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-22 Thread dman
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:21:23PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: | On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 15:08, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: | > Kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. Hey, cool (sorta) -- someone else has this problem too. I've got a kernel that does this too. I will lo

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-22 Thread Alessandro Ghigi
Hi! Thank you for your answer. I have tried passing to the boot prompt linux root=/dev/hda9 init=/sbin/init, but the result is the same as before. Actually /sbin is on the root partition. I guess the reason why my system hanged, was that I tried suspending to disk while my ethernet card was w

Re: Kernel panic: NO INIT FOUND, but seems to be there.

2002-04-22 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 15:08, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > > Hi. > > My laptop hanged, and I shut it down. Afterwards it cannot boot. > After loading linux, it stops saying roughly > > > Partition check > hda: hda1 > apm: Bios version ... > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesyustem) readonly. >

Re: kernel panic - no init found

2001-11-19 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
Rory O'Connor wrote: welp, i'm not sure if linux will ever boot from my hard disk again! before I was having a problem with LILO hanging at "LI", and i deemed it a problem with my SCSI drive. I unplugged the SCSI drive, rebooted, and the MBR was found and the boot process began...only to end i

Re: kernel panic - no init found

2001-11-17 Thread ben
replace the scsi disk, boot from the floppy, check dmesg to see what hardware or anything else is or isn't there, and configure a new kernel based on what you find. Rory O'Connor wrote: > > welp, i'm not sure if linux will ever boot from my hard disk again! before > I was having a problem wit

Re: kernel panic - no init found

2001-11-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:46:15AM -0600, Rory O'Connor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > welp, i'm not sure if linux will ever boot from my hard disk again! > before I was having a problem with LILO hanging at "LI", and i deemed > it a problem with my SCSI drive. I unplugged the SCSI drive, > reboote

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2000-04-03 Thread Grendel
** On Apr 02, Bob Nielsen scribbled: > I just compiled a new 2.2.14 kernel after doing a new potato install and got > the message: > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. You compiled the kernel with wrong root partition, it happens sometimes. The best bet is to use

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2000-04-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 09:30:07PM -0400, Mike Werner wrote: > On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 09:15:34PM -0500, eric k. wolven wrote: > > I have had the same problem as Bob N. and ext2 is IN the kernel, not > > a module and I have a Pentium III. Is there some bug either in kpkg > > or latest kernel vers

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2000-04-03 Thread Mike Werner
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 09:15:34PM -0500, eric k. wolven wrote: > I have had the same problem as Bob N. and ext2 is IN the kernel, not > a module and I have a Pentium III. Is there some bug either in kpkg > or latest kernel version of 2.2.14? For what it's worth, I'm running 2.2.14 on two of my m

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2000-04-03 Thread eric k. wolven
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Dear Debians: I have had the same problem as Bob N. and ext2 is IN the kernel, not a module and I have a Pentium III. Is there some bug either in kpkg or latest kernel version of 2.2.14? "Dpkg -i the kernel-image" doesn't run through its usual routine. It ju

RE: Kernel panic: No init found.

2000-04-02 Thread Paul Kallstrom
One thing to check: Make sure that you have ext2 support compiled in the kernel, and not as a module. Paul On 02-Apr-2000 Bob Nielsen wrote: > I just compiled a new 2.2.14 kernel after doing a new potato install and got > the message: > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option t

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2000-04-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
Nope, it is an Intel CPU. On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 09:58:58PM -0800, Bill Alexander wrote: > > "Bob" == Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bob> --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Bob> I just compiled a new 2.2.14 kernel after doing a new potato

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

2000-04-02 Thread Bill Alexander
> "Bob" == Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bob> --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Bob> I just compiled a new 2.2.14 kernel after doing a new potato Bob> install and got the message: Bob> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= optio

Re: kernel panic, no init found

1999-03-17 Thread Paul Miller
Jianming YOU wrote: > > Hi, Paul, > > Thank you very much. > > I followed your suggestion. Here is what I did and what I got: > > Boot from a floppy, with kernel 2.0.35 > login as root > > > mount /dev/hda2 /mnt > > cd mnt > > rm vmlinuz > > ln -s boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34 vmlinuz > > ls -l sbin/lil

Re: kernel panic, no init found

1999-03-16 Thread Jianming YOU
Hi, Paul, Thank you very much. I followed your suggestion. Here is what I did and what I got: Boot from a floppy, with kernel 2.0.35 login as root > mount /dev/hda2 /mnt > cd mnt > rm vmlinuz > ln -s boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34 vmlinuz > ls -l sbin/lilo -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50708 Feb 2 17:31

Re: kernel panic, no init found

1999-03-16 Thread Paul Miller
Jianming YOU wrote: > > Hi, Experts, > > I just upgraded my box from 2.0.34 to 2.2.1 and I got > "kernel panic, no init found..." when I tried to boot with the new > kernel. The problem have been reported by several people. However, I > still don't know how to recover the system after reading tho