I have seen all of the advice and I am wondering why and how your lilo.conf is screwed up if it was created by the install. IMHO how can that be the problem if the installer set it up. Anyway you might try the install-list archive apparently they have this problem all the time.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Holland > Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 1:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: still kernel panic > > I did - and it does. There's nothing in it - but it exists. > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 21 2001 initrd > > # cd initrd > # ls -al > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 21 2001 . > drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Sep 14 12:42 .. > > > > Gordon Messmer wrote: > > Dana Holland wrote: > > > >> I take it back - I just *thought* the problem was fixed. Turns out > I > >> had failed to remove the boot disk before rebooting (duh!). > >> > >> So, I'm still getting kernel panic on reboot - but it's a different > >> message this time: > >> > >> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode > >> pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot,initrd) failed: 2 > >> umount /initrd/proc failed: 2 > >> kernel panic: No init found Trying passing init= option to kernel > > > > > > Boot with your floppy again, and make sure the directory /initrd > exists. > > > > > > > > -- > ************************************************************ > Dana Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] 903-875-7355 > Navarro College Corsicana, TX > http://www.navarrocollege.edu/staff_pages/dana/dana.html > ************************************************************ > All opinions stated are my own, and probably don't even > vaguely resemble those of Navarro College. :) > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
