On Sunday 14 October 2007 23:56, Lux Zhang wrote: > Hi, I have a F7 (Linux homeserver 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 > 23:10:59 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux) installed. Since last week (or > so), I had difficulty to start it if it had been shut down for hours. I > alway get error alike this " Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill > init!". However, If I keep starting it a few times ( by switch on/off power > button), It will eventually started and run normally. > > What's the preblem and how to fix it? I had these symptoms when my (brand new) SATA drive was dying. After I put in a replacement drive (and reinstalled the system) it went away. HTH, :-) Marko Marko Vojinovic Institute of Physics University of Belgrade ====================== e-mail: vmarko@xxxxxxxxxxxx