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Mark,

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 04:25:39PM -0500, mark a. mixson wrote:

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

Have you tried chroot-ing into the ramdisk image and starting /bin/sh
there?

One can also try to create a romfs ramdisk for a read-only boot.  This
would help to dissect the problem area.

-- 
Ilguiz