From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758874AbXG2Boh (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:44:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752932AbXG2Bo2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:44:28 -0400 Received: from smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.6]:52369 "EHLO smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752261AbXG2Bo2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:44:28 -0400 Message-ID: <46ABF0FA.8060301@blueyonder.co.uk> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:44:26 +0100 From: Sid Boyce Reply-To: g3vbv@blueyonder.co.uk Organization: blueyonder.co.uk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: 2.6.23-rc1-git3 init failure Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Boot failure on x86_64 (64X2), says it can't find init, specifically > /init. 2.6.23-rc1-git1 boots and runs successfully. I haven't tried > -git2. I shall reboot on 2.6.23-rc1-git3 tomorrow and record the full > message. > Strings from vmlinux in both the above:- > > Kernel alive > /dev/console > <4>Warning: unable to open an initial console. > <4>Failed to execute %s > <4>Failed to execute %s. Attempting defaults... > /sbin/init > /etc/init > /bin/init > /bin/sh > No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > Tried option "init=/sbin/init" and got the same failure. > Regards > Sid. I see the sam problem with 2.6.23-rc1-git5. Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed failed to execute /init kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel Copying /sbin/init to / results in the same error. openSUSE 10.3Alpha6plus # rpm -qf /sbin/init sysvinit-2.86-90 Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks