From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:26:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:26:33 -0400 Received: from mail.galileo.edu ([168.234.203.4]:43534 "EHLO mail.galileo.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:26:23 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel panic, a cry for help Message-ID: <999707202.3b965242145d5@webmail.galileo.edu> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:26:42 -0600 (CST) From: oscarcvt@galileo.edu In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.3 X-Originating-IP: 200.12.38.74 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 >