Re: Can't boot 2.2.0, can't find init, use init=...

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:34:59 +0000 (GMT)


On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> When my 2.2.0 boots, it gets to the point where init should start
> and gives a kernel panic.
>
> Kernel panic: can't load init, use init=...
>
> Something like that... I can write down the exact phrase if
> necessary. 2.2.0preEVERYTHING did the same thing as well.

Perhaps you should have reported this.

> Prior to all of that, it gives me a "can't open initial console"
> or somesuch as well. Perhaps it has to do with mdacon?
>
> Attached is my .config and my lilo.conf.

The you would find that:
> boot=/dev/hdb6
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=75
>
> image=/boot/zImage-2.0.36-2
> label=linux-2.0.36-2
> root=/dev/hdb6
> vga=ext
> read-only
>
> image=/boot/zImage-2.2.0-1
> label=devel
> root=/dev/hda6
^
> vga=ext
> append="mdacon=13,16"
> read-only

your lilo.conf contains a typo.

Matthew.

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