From: Sid Boyce <g3vbv@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc1-git3 init failure
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:46:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46AE786F.3010208@blueyonder.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6bffcb0e0707300725i3bb8b677i75aeec6fed66bee2@mail.gmail.com>
Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> Hi Sid,
>
> On 29/07/07, Sid Boyce <g3vbv@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> > 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
>>
>
> Please read chapter 4.1 and 4.5
> http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/handbook/handbook-en-0.3-rc1.pdf
>
> It should be very simple
>
> git-bisect start
> git-bisect bad
> git-bisect good 0de085bb474f64e4fdb2f1ff3268590792648c7b
>
> and so on and so forth
>
>
>> Regards
>> Sid.
>>
>
> Regards,
> Michal
>
>
Looks like a job for the weekend.
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-30 23:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-29 1:44 2.6.23-rc1-git3 init failure Sid Boyce
2007-07-30 14:25 ` Michal Piotrowski
2007-07-30 23:46 ` Sid Boyce [this message]
2007-08-02 23:14 ` Sid Boyce
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2007-07-27 0:17 Sid Boyce
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