Wow Chris, Great shot... :) When I read your post I though... "Oh, I'd not forget such a thing, I'm sure that's correct. But damn, I'm desperate, let me check." And BUMM, you're right. I've changed it and everything now starts just about ok in my laptop. ;)
Best regards, Paulo Matos > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > From: Chris I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Init not found? > Date: 06 Jun 2003 07:45:56 -0400 > > On 2003.06.06 06:22, Paulo J. Matos wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've tried to compile the kernel in my laptop with Pentium-4(gcc>31) > > enabled and after rebooting I get a kernel panic that it has nothing > > to > > do with it, I think. > > The interesting lines are: > > VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. > > mount_devfs_fs(): unable to mount devfs, err: -2 > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 116k freed > > Warning: unable to open an initial console > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > > > I don't know if it matter but I've enabled framebuffer and when doing > > lilo I get a message saying it doesn't recognize my video card or so. > > Why can't it mount devfs. I've put nothing about it in fstab. Only > > 'Automaticly mount at boot time' option in the kernel is enabled. I've > > followed the steps at the gentoo site. > > > > Any ideas? > > It sounds like you have the root= value wrong in your bootloader. This > is mentioned in the install docs. It should point to your / partition, > (not the partition containing /boot. it's an easy mistake to make) > > For example, if your / partition was hda3, you would put root=/dev/hda3 > The steps are different for lilo and grub, refer to the documentation. > > -Chris I > > No one can guarantee the actions of another. > -- Spock, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
