Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: kernel panic, a cry for help | Date | Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:26:42 -0600 (CST) | From | oscarcvt@galileo ... |
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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/
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