Kernel panic: No init found

crash · n00b Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 34

Hello everyone.
Im new to gentoo.
I installed with the help of "Gentoo Linux 1.4 Installation Instructions" i did everything that the helper said.

When i reboot the system i got an error:

"Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel!"

I have suport for ext3 in the kernel!(static not module)

Thank you for the help!

rac · Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2002 9:04 pm Post subject:

Have you already read all the threads that come up in a forum search for "kernel and panic and init and found"?
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crash · n00b Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 34

peperoni · n00b Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 1

Do you have your kernel compiled with devfs support? You have to active "Code maturity level options -> Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers". And then, under the "File Systems" section, be sure to enable the "Device File System".

crash · n00b Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 34

yes my kernel is compiled with /dev File System.

And nothing! :\

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

What about the "[*] Automatically mount at boot" option?
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crash · n00b Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 34

it have it too!

delta407 · Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2002 1:15 am Post subject:

What do the five or six lines above that say?

I would verify that you are passing the right root=/dev/hd__ parameter. Make sure it's your root partition, not your boot partition.
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crash · n00b Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 34

yes its the root partition