the output of this command > ./i386-softmmu/qemu-system-i386 -M pc -kernel > /home/marwa/Bureau/lauterbach/i386_qemu/linux-4.1.18/arch/i386/boot/bzImage > -initrd /home/marwa/Bureau/lauterbach/i386_qemu/busybox-1.21.0/rootfs.img.gz > -append “root=/dev/ram rdinit=/sbin/init” > starting init :/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8) starting init : /bin/sh exists but couldn't execute it (error -8) kernel panic not syncing : no working init found , try passing init= option to kernel 2016-04-03 19:38 GMT+01:00 Pranith Kumar : > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Marwa Hamza > wrote: > > > ./i386-softmmu/qemu-system-i386 -M pc -kernel > > > /home/marwa/Bureau/lauterbach/i386_qemu/linux-4.1.18/arch/i386/boot/bzImage > > -initrd > /home/marwa/Bureau/lauterbach/i386_qemu/busybox-1.21.0/rootfs.img.gz > > -append “root=/dev/ram rdinit=/sbin/init” > > > > Can you post the output when you run this command? In particular, does > the /sbin/init exist in the rootfs? > > -- > Pranith >