From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Peter H." Subject: No init found Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:58:19 +0800 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20041029065819.2178A44BBB@heisspf> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux Hi, Slackware 10. I am trying to change my hard drive. I duly copied all partitions and files to the new drive with 'tar -C "$1" -cOl . | tar -C "$2" -xpf - '. Now when I boot I get: .... Freeing unused kernel memory: 120 K freed. Warning unable to open an initial console. Kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. When I boot using the rescue disk after .... Freeing unused kernel memory: 120 K freed. it continues with INIT: version 2.84 booting ... to fully boot and I can use the installation flawlessly. init is at /sbin/init. Where is the hang-up ? Thanks & regards -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs