On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 22:58, Sumeet Madhukar Moghe wrote: > I am getting a strange kernel panic with a RedHat 8.0 install that > worked like magic till last night. This happens only when I use my > initrd image. The problem ceases when I dont use the initrd image. Even > using a new initrd image doesn't really help. This is the kernel message > that I get while mounting the root filesystem > > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 20 > umount /initrd/proc failed: 2 > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > The above is a lot of mumbo-jumbo for me. Could someone explain what > exactly is happening and what I should do? > /Sumeet
<guessing> your kernel is expecting an initial ramdisk, but your bootloader isn't pointing out any. </guessing> possible solution: update bootloader config to mention initrd image. if you don't have any such image or do not intend to use one, recompile your kernel without initrd support. - t. -- cogito, ergo es. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
