Am Mo, den 19.01.2004 schrieb Avi Aumick um 20:53: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > Am Mo, den 19.01.2004 schrieb Avi Aumick um 19:54: > > > I just installed fedora. I was forced to do a hard reboot since for some > > > reason the computer hung up (might have a memory problem). I received the > > > following message: > > > > > > kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > > > > > > How do I pass the "init="? I did try editing the command line when grub > > > started by adding "init=1" but it did not work. Any suggestions?? > > > > > > Thanks for you help. > > > > > > Avram > > > > Did the hangup occur during install process? Then your system is not > > proper installed and you need a new install run. > > > > If you have a memory problem then maybe the system on your harddrive is > > damaged. You can try to boot with the kernel parameter "init=/bin/sh" > > and see if that works. If not, you are faster with a reinstall. > > > > Alexander > > > The system installed ok and even ran. It happened when I was restarting > autofs after modifying the config files. The autofs hungup. So I pushed > the reset. That is when it happened. > > I did try booting with the param "init=/bin/sh" nothing really changed. I > did notice just before the message this message: > > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed:2 > > I am hoping to not have to reinstall. But if I have to, can I just do the > upgrade option so I don't lose the configuration (I don't want to > reconfigure)? > > Thanks, > Avram Did you run a filesystem check? Seems your filesystem is damaged or at least one or more files/directories broken. Check that /etc/grub.conf is ok, that /initrd exists, that all neccessary under /boot exists (kernel and initrd image file). Additional give google the exact error message if all fails and you will get some hints and tips where to look. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
