Hi Try passing init=/bin/sh (or /bin/bash) and see if your system comes up. What happened when your machine "crashed" ? bye :) Anmol On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Upma Gandhi wrote: > Hello All, > My Linux machine crashed once, and after that > when it boots up, it displays--- > Kernel Panic : No init found. Try passing init= option to kenel. > what should I pass as init option ? > > Regards > Upma >