Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:11:53 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: Can't boot 2.2.0, can't find init, use init=... |
| |
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
>> When my 2.2.0 boots, it gets to the point where init should start >> and gives a kernel panic. >> >> Kernel panic: can't load init, use init=... >> >> Something like that... I can write down the exact phrase if >> necessary. 2.2.0preEVERYTHING did the same thing as well. > >Perhaps you should have reported this.
I did make some reports. The first 2.2.0pre that I tried, failed just after "Loading devel...." before the "Uncompressing" message. Other pre's went half way through the kernel startup, the last couple pre's made it to the "can't load init" stage. I wrote at least 1 or two messages about it.
I don't know if it was a kernel fault, or my fault. It is perfectly possible that I did something wrong myself.
>> Prior to all of that, it gives me a "can't open initial console" >> or somesuch as well. Perhaps it has to do with mdacon? >> >> Attached is my .config and my lilo.conf. > >The you would find that:
>> boot=/dev/hdb6 >> map=/boot/map >> install=/boot/boot.b >> prompt >> timeout=75 >> >> image=/boot/zImage-2.0.36-2 >> label=linux-2.0.36-2 >> root=/dev/hdb6 >> vga=ext >> read-only >> >> image=/boot/zImage-2.2.0-1 >> label=devel >> root=/dev/hda6 > ^ >> vga=ext >> append="mdacon=13,16" >> read-only > >your lilo.conf contains a typo.
Hmm. Strange. The /dev/hdb6 is the one that I wanted, so you are correct that there is a typo there, but my /dev/hda6 is also a linux root fs that is bootable too. I can boot RedHat 5.2 off /dev/hda6 with 2.0.36, and I can boot RedHat 5.1 off /dev/hdb6 with 2.0.36. 2.2.0 wouldn't boot on either, but I'll try changing the typo and see what happens. I just checked my RH 5.2 lilo.conf and it does not have a typo strangely enough.
3 root@red:/stuff/linux# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 935 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 262 2104483+ 1b Unknown /dev/hda2 263 393 1052257+ 83 Linux native /dev/hda3 394 470 618502+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M /dev/hda4 471 935 3735112+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 471 479 72261 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 480 741 2104483+ 83 Linux native /dev/hda7 742 935 1558273+ 83 Linux native
Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 196 1574338+ 1b Unknown /dev/hdb2 197 324 1028160 83 Linux native /dev/hdb3 * 325 524 1606500 5 Extended /dev/hdb5 325 329 40131 82 Linux swap /dev/hdb6 * 330 524 1566306 83 Linux native
Thanks for your help. I will fix my lilo.conf, and try to boot once again. If it fails, I'll post back another report.
TTYL
-- Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant - Linux advocate
Linux software galore: http://freshmeat.net
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |