Messages in this thread |  | | From | Fred <> | Subject | Re: kernel panic, a cry for help | Date | Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:16:23 -0500 |
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well, try these:
first start with a ckfs of your root filesystem, that'd be: # ckfs /dev/hdax for ide systems where x is usually 1-4 or # ckfs /dev/sdax for scsi systems where x is 0-6
if no troubles reported, the I'd suggest that you check some of the important files for sign of tampering ( /etc/passwd /etc/shadow ) if no tampering is evident, then check to see if you can boot the machine by giving lilo a command line (right as the machine boots, you get the lilo prompt (or you have to press CTRL-X to get it):
lilo: linux init=/sbin/init
if this boots the machine, then all that is needed is to add this paramater to lilo.conf:
append = "init=/sbin/init"
and then rerun lilo.
if it's something else, I need more info. good luck Fred
__________________________________________________ On Wednesday 05 September 2001 11:26 am, oscarcvt@galileo.edu wrote: > ive started with a rescue disk, /sbin/init is present, lilo.conf seems > fine, where might i go next? > > thanx to all, > oscar > > > > im not sure if this q belongs here but i need all the help i can get. > > > the www, dns, mail server at my site mysteriously got corrupted (not > > > > sure how). > > > > > Now i boot it up and get > > > > > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > > > > > > what can i do? where should i start? i dont want to break anything so > > > > please > > > > > help me, > > > > I suspect back up tapes. The kernel cannot find an /sbin/init to run > > when > > it starts up. That could be on of several things > > > > - Disk failure > > - Someone broke in and erased it all > > - Misconfiguration > > > > A rescue disk is probably the starting point > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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