Re: kernel panic

[Chetan Kumar <chetansk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Rajesh wrote:

> Hi friends,
> 
> Thank you to all those who replied to my mail.
> 
> After rebooting the system now I get the error message saying that :
> 
> kernal panic : No init found Try passing init= option to kernel
> 
> and the machine stops. It does not go to the prompt. I am stuck.  I
> tried passing linux init=3 and linux init=5 at the lilo prompt, but
> still I get the same error message. 

pass init = /bin/sh This will drop to a shell, then you can see what has
happened, but I suggest you to reinstall.

- -Chetan S


> 
> What should I do ?  Please help
> 
> Thanking in advance.
> 
> Rajesh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 26-Jun-99 1:54:00 AM, you wrote:
> >Hi Mr. Rajesh..
> >
> >The crc error u r getting is due to some errors which might have occured 
> >while installing from the CD...I'd suggest install again.
> >
> >Ur kppp is not running b'cos since ur installation was not complted 
> >correctly..it is possible that the configuration files for ppp deamon have 
> >been deleted/corrupted..
> >
> >Also...since u r no longer able to boot from ur HDD, I think that
> >LILO was not installed properly/correctly..I feel that you should install 
> >again (do chek the CD's ) & ensure that u put the LILO on the
> >MBR & not the first sector of that particular partition.
> >
> >Hope it helps.
> >Bye
> >Nim.
> >
> >
> >>Rajesh <rfowkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> >>
> >>Subject: Red Hat Linux 6.0 installation problems
> >>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:2:27 +0500
> >>
> >>
> >>*******************************
> >>Loading linux...
> >>Uncompressing Linux...
> >>
> >>crc error
> >>--system halted
> >>*******************************
> >>
> >>After this I tried to boot using the boot floopy created during install but 
> >>I
> >>got the same error message. Now I tried with the boot floppy of Red Hat 5.2 
> >>and
> >>the system is up now.
> >>
> >>As per my reading Red Hat Linux 6.0 directly starts in GUI mode
> >>but mine started with the command prompt. My command prompt was as follows 
> >>:
> >>
> >>Red Hat Linux 6.0 Publisher's edition
> >>Kernel 2.0.36 on an i586
> >>
> >>The Kernel remains the same which was there when I was running Red Hat 
> >>Linux 5.2.
> >>When I try to mount the CD ROM drive it says
> >>
> >>fs type ISO9660 not supported by Kernel.
> >>
> >>In KDE, when I run KPPP it gives me error saying that kernal has no PPP 
> >>support.
> >>However with the same kernel all the above things were working fine for me.
> >>
> >>Why  linux is not booting directly through my linux partition. What could 
> >>be
> >>the problem. I don't want to install using floppy evertime. What should I 
> >>do ?
> >>Anybody has solutions ?
> >>
> >>Thanking in advance
> >>
> >>
> >>    --
> >>Rajesh
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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