[ale] Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= to kernel.? ? ? ? ?

[Courtney Thomas]

James,

I get the same error message,...........

	Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= to kernel.

Coupla questions:

	init is supposed to run from the root floppy not the boot floppy, right ?

	passing init= to the kernel means.... at bootup, when you type in 
rescue, is when init= is entered, right ?

  e.g.

boot: rescue init=/bin/init

I have no idea why my init script is not found&run,

Courtney




James P. Kinney III wrote:
> So what happens if you boot with 
> linux init=/bin/init
> 
> On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 08:58, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> 
>>Thank you for replying. I was embarassed to bother you again.
>>
>>I've already tried your suggestion. The particulars:
>>
>>/bin/init			;init location
>>/bin/ash			;ash shell
>>ln -s /bin /sbin		;pointer to sbin
>>ln -s /bin/ash /bin/sh		;pointer to sh
>>
>>#!/bin/ash 
>>		;init script
>>echo Finally make it !
>>/bin/ash
>>
>>I see that you indicate init is in /sbin. On RH6.1 it's in /bin. Is that 
>>my error ?
>>
>>Appreciatively, and now desperately,
>>Courtney
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>James P. Kinney III wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Try making a symlink called /sbin/init that points to /bin/ash. init
>>>should be an executable. It can be a shell script.
>>>
>>>On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 21:11, Courtney Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Greetings !
>>>>
>>>>I am getting this message at attempted bootup under RedHat6.1 
>>>>[2.2.12-20], even though init is in /lib.
>>>>
>>>>Must both shared objects be present for init to run at all ?
>>>>
>>>>I have /bin/sh -> /bin/ash.
>>>>
>>>>What could be the problem ?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>


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