Re: exec of init (/sbin/init) failed

[Barry Yu <barryyupuilee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Curry wrote:

> Barry Yu wrote:
>
> > One of my machine broke downn during the process of updating (with 
> > yum), I had to reboot and during the booting up in level 3 a message 
> > displayed;
> >
> > exec of init (/sbin/init) failed !!!: 2
> > umount /initrd/dev  failed: 2
> > kernel panic - not syncing. Attempted to kill init!
> >
> > And the machine just freezes right there!
> > I powered it down and start it again, same thing happened - FC3 is 
> > completely down.
> > Any solution? Tks
> Have you tried booting from a rescue CD or the installation CD1 and 
> examining your init files?
I haven't done that yet, can you be more specific and tell me what step 
and how to do that - I am inexperient in that at all, I know how to use 
the rescue CD to boot up, but what to do next?