On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 00:47, Erylon Hines wrote: > On Friday 21 January 2005 05:51 pm, Paul wrote: > | When upgrading to 10.1 Official from 10.0 Official, I keep getting a > | 'kernel panic suggest passing init=" error. > | > | If I make a new install with the same discs, there's no problem. > | > | Any ideas what causes this? > > Sometimes, lilo doesn't get the line: > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > added to it. Or, the line could possibly be there, but be pointing to the > old > *.img, and not to the new one. Boot with a Knoppix disk and have a look at > /etc/lilo.conf > and > /boot > The initrd.img file is a link--see if it points to the right kernel. > > And, /boot/vmlinuz must point to the the correct kernel, too. I left this > for > last because I, too, have had problems, and the initrd.img link was the > culprit, not the vmlinuz. You would think an upgrade would always re-create > the initrd.img to point to the new kernel, but not so. OOPS--kernel panic.
Many thanks for the information, this does seem to be the problem area. I haven't managed to sort it yet, but still don't understand exactly whats going on. There are two kernels mentioned in lilo setup, 2.4 & 2.6 both lead to kernel panic if selected. the initrd.img points to the 2.6 kernel, but there are initrd2.4 & 2.6.img files, and point to their respective vmlinuz. Still, if I didn't like a challenge I'd be sat in front of a windows box with a noose round my neck. Paul
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