From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:52:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:52:13 -0400 Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.18]:56326 "EHLO mailout04.sul.t-online.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:51:57 -0400 Message-ID: <3B9665FB.C3E5DCAF@t-online.de> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 19:50:51 +0200 From: SPATZ1@t-online.de (Frank Schneider) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [de] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-test i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: oscarcvt@galileo.edu CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel panic, a cry for help In-Reply-To: <999707202.3b965242145d5@webmail.galileo.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org oscarcvt@galileo.edu schrieb: > > ive started with a rescue disk, /sbin/init is present, lilo.conf seems fine, > where might i go next? > Is /sbin/init executable ? Check it with ls: ls -l /sbin/init should get you -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26876 Jun 21 20:58 /sbin/init Is it the correct file ? Compare it against another maschine or copy it from there (same Distribution, save the old file) Try giving the Kernel a parameter at bootime: at the LILO-Prompt, press , then enter the imagename followed by the parameter, e.g. "linux init=/bin/bash" The kernel should boot up and give you a single (root-) shell. Uses the kernel the right root-device ? If not, give it to him at boottime like the init=Stuff: "root=/dev/hda1" says the kernel to mount /dev/hda1 as rootdevice ("/") and search on this device for "init". Solong.. Frank. -- Frank Schneider, . Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO. ... -.-