From: Jim Nelson <james4765@verizon.net>
To: "Peter H." <heisspf@skyinet.net>
Cc: linux <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: No init found
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 05:30:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41820DA6.3050708@verizon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041029065819.2178A44BBB@heisspf>
Peter H. wrote:
> 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
>
Is the new hard drive in the same location as the old one? i.e. on IDE drives,
both the old and new hard drives were master drives on the primary interface, and
for SCSI drives, does the new hard drive have the same SCSI ID on the same adapter
card in the same PCI slot as the old one?
If not, you will have to modify lilo.conf to reflect the location of the new hard
drive. "man lilo.conf" and "info lilo.conf" have a great deal of information about
how to set the root partition configuration in lilo. Make sure you run the "lilo"
command as root before rebooting, since just modifying lilo.conf will not change
the configuration in the boot sector.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-29 9:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-29 6:58 No init found Peter H.
2004-10-29 9:30 ` Jim Nelson [this message]
2004-10-29 11:39 ` chuck gelm
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2004-10-30 3:43 Peter
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