From: oscarcvt@galileo.edu
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel panic, a cry for help
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:26:42 -0600 (CST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <999707202.3b965242145d5@webmail.galileo.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E15efKa-0006Cj-00@the-village.bc.nu>
In-Reply-To: <E15efKa-0006Cj-00@the-village.bc.nu>
ive started with a rescue disk, /sbin/init is present, lilo.conf seems fine,
where might i go next?
thanx to all,
oscar
> > im not sure if this q belongs here but i need all the help i can get.
> > the www, dns, mail server at my site mysteriously got corrupted (not
> sure how).
> > Now i boot it up and get
> >
> > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
> >
> > what can i do? where should i start? i dont want to break anything so
> please
> > help me,
>
> I suspect back up tapes. The kernel cannot find an /sbin/init to run
> when
> it starts up. That could be on of several things
>
> - Disk failure
> - Someone broke in and erased it all
> - Misconfiguration
>
> A rescue disk is probably the starting point
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-05 16:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-05 16:00 oscarcvt
2001-09-05 16:08 ` Matt Bernstein
2001-09-05 16:15 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-05 16:26 ` oscarcvt [this message]
2001-09-05 17:08 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-09-05 17:50 ` Frank Schneider
2001-09-05 19:16 ` Fred
2001-09-05 18:24 Manfred Spraul
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