On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 14:25, Kellie Blackwell wrote:
> I had updated a RH7.3 machine to Fedora Core 2 which went OK but I was
> having network problems. I moved some IRQs around and now I can't boot
> my machine.
>
> Here are the error messages:
>
> ...
> Mounting root filesystem
> mount error 6 mounting ext3
> pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed:2
> umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 144K freed
> Kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
>
> IIRC error 2 (from pivotroot) is "no such file" which makes sense if
> it can't mount the root filesystem, I can't remember what an error 6
> is.
> Any suggestions?
Steve,
Three things to check. Boot with either CD #1 ('linux rescue') or the
Rescue CD.
(1) Make sure you have an /initrd directory. It will be empty, but it
must be there, be owned by root:root, and have permissions 755.
(2) Check your /etc/grub.conf file and make sure the last line in each
kernel stanza says " initrd /initrd-<version>.img".
(3) Check to see that there is in fact such an initrd...img file in
/boot.
If one of these isn't the problem, check back here and we'll try
something else.
-- Doc
Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL
Fedora Core 1 kernel 2.4.22-1.2197.nptl on P-III/M IBM Thinkpad A22p
"Perfection is the enemy of good enough."
-- Admiral of the Fleet Sergei G. Gorshkov
