Re: 2 GB RAM support in woody

From: saravanan ganapathy (sarav_gsa_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/30/04

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    Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:24:50 -0800 (PST)
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    --- Jonathan Lassoff <jlassoff@gmail.com> wrote:

    > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:49:07 -0800 (PST), saravanan
    > ganapathy
    > <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > I have done recompile using kernel-source-2.4.18
    > and
    > > after reboot I got the following error
    > >
    > > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
    > > VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly
    > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 288k freed
    > > kernel panic no init found , try passing init=
    > option
    > > to kernel
    > >
    > > How to solve this problem? Please help me
    > >
    > > Sarav
    >
    > Well, obviously your kernel cannot find init. On my
    > box it is in
    > /sbin/init, and is likely the same for yours. What
    > is happening is
    > that your kernel is looking somewhere for init and
    > not finding it,
    > either as a result of an improperly mounted
    > filesystem or lack of its
    > existence. See what init other kernels find and try
    > passing the path
    > to one on a properly mounted root file system by
    > passing a correct
    > "root=" option (like "root=/dev/hda1") and init
    > option (like
    > "init=/sbin/init") and see where that might get you.
    > I seem to
    > remember that one could define where init is in the
    > kernel
    > configuration, or just pass it at boot time.
    >
    > --Jonathan

    I tried to boot using lilo as
     ' linux root=/dev/hda1 init=/sbin/init '

    But got the same error. Any other way?

    Sarav

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