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Title: Kernel Panic : No init found. Try Passing init= option ?????
Post by: msilkjr on December 11, 2004, 04:37:26 PM
Hello all,

Ive got a the Custom SME distro running on a server and its been running great for a bout 8 months. It locked up today so a did a rebbot on it. Now when it go's to bot it gives me the following MSG....

Kernel Panic : No init found. Try Pasing init= option to kernel

What does this mean and how can I get it booted to retrive info in the ibays that is not backed up.

THanks
Title: Kernel Panic : No init found. Try Passing init= option ?????
Post by: Mumm-Ra on December 11, 2004, 09:11:50 PM
Try putting the message into google.
Come up with too much to stuff to put here.

Have you change anything lately? Add new hardware? Installed new rpm's?

A little more info on what your system is will help
Title: Kernel Panic : No init found. Try Passing init= option ?????
Post by: cc_skavenger on December 12, 2004, 03:01:40 AM
did you try upgrading the kernel to 2.6.X??  I am having this problem when I try to update my kernel to 2.6.9.  

just my $0.02.

Marco
Title: Kernel Panic : No init found. Try Passing init= option ?????
Post by: TrevorB on December 13, 2004, 12:18:08 AM
Did you delete the /initrd directory (thinking that it shouldn't have been there and was empty anyway)?

If yes, create it with ownership root:root & chmod of 0755.

Trevor B
Title: Kernel Panic : No init found. Try Passing init= option ?????
Post by: msilkjr on December 13, 2004, 01:48:30 AM
I have done nothing to the system no upgrades or files deleted. It locked up so I rebooted it now it wont even boot up all the way, it hangs I get the SME splash screen then it gives me the MSG above.
Title: Kernel Panic : No init found. Try Passing init= option ?????
Post by: RavenIV on December 13, 2004, 03:17:15 AM
try to boot a knoppix-CD and repair the filesystem.
e2fsck /dev/hda1

cheers
Title: Kernel Panic : No init found. Try Passing init= option ?????
Post by: markehle on December 13, 2004, 02:02:53 PM
Make sure that you still have an /initrd directory. This directory is empty, but the server will not boot without it.

Mark