try boot options like irqpoll noapic nolapic to have some luck.externalhdd? means ur using internal hdd in USB casing I suppose.also Debian Lenny if u can.
On 11/2/07, Shyam Kumar <shyamkumars at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a problem in installing Debain GNU/Linux on my external > hdd for my laptop. The laptop have boot from external HDD option. I > install the Debain base system on the external hdd and grub was > successfully installed but when I try to boot from the external hdd > device the booting halted showing the following error message. > > Warning: unable to open an initial console. > Kernel panic - not syncing: no init found. try passing init= option to > kernel > > Thanks for any input/suggestion you may have > > Regards > Shyam > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- Use Linux Operating System.Free Yourself from Windows and Viruses,trogens.. Use Free Or Swatanthra Softwares.learn more at: http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/ http://fsf.org Windows Vista is evil: http://badvista.fsf.org http://badwindowsvista.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20071103/8f592080/attachment.html
