Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Ann]

I know ... what a subject line. LOL!

Gregory, I know you're working hard on this, but thought I'd query the list
to see if anyone had any suggestions for either of us. To make a long story
short, folks, Gregory Nowak has been working his fingers to the bone for the
last several days, trying to help me get my modem working under zipspeak8.0.
We've discovered a bug in Zipspeak which I believe the maintainer has been
made aware of, and  doesn't really concern this problem. anyhow, he's
compiled a kernel for me, and it does seem to detect my modem while booting,
but at  the end, I get the message stated  in the subject of this e-mail.

Is there a way to  pass an init command to the kernel  using the linux.bat
file? How is it done ... and I mean *exactly* how, LOL! As in "you type the
following *here*" LOL!

Anyway,  folks, if any of you have any ideas, Gregory and I would appreciate
it. He seems, in theory, to have possibly solved my m modem problem for me.
Although, since I can't log in, I can't say for sure that he has.

In short .... HELP PLEASE???? <smile>

Forgetting why she wanted to try Linux to begin with  LOL,
~Ann

Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Gregory Nowak]

Just to add to this, I've booted Ann's kernel using loadlin on a linux box, and am now installing zipspeak 8.0 on a windows box to try to boot it there, and see what I get. When I booted it on the linux box, it booted just fine. 
Greg


On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:53:12PM -0400, Ann wrote:
> I know ... what a subject line. LOL!
> 
> Gregory, I know you're working hard on this, but thought I'd query the list
> to see if anyone had any suggestions for either of us. To make a long story
> short, folks, Gregory Nowak has been working his fingers to the bone for the
> last several days, trying to help me get my modem working under zipspeak8.0.
> We've discovered a bug in Zipspeak which I believe the maintainer has been
> made aware of, and  doesn't really concern this problem. anyhow, he's
> compiled a kernel for me, and it does seem to detect my modem while booting,
> but at  the end, I get the message stated  in the subject of this e-mail.
> 
> Is there a way to  pass an init command to the kernel  using the linux.bat
> file? How is it done ... and I mean *exactly* how, LOL! As in "you type the
> following *here*" LOL!
> 
> Anyway,  folks, if any of you have any ideas, Gregory and I would appreciate
> it. He seems, in theory, to have possibly solved my m modem problem for me.
> Although, since I can't log in, I can't say for sure that he has.
> 
> In short .... HELP PLEASE???? <smile>
> 
> Forgetting why she wanted to try Linux to begin with  LOL,
> ~Ann
> 
> 
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

['Georgina']

Hi

Well I can't give you exact instruction as I don't know what is required
for the modem.  If you've been reading you should know what it requires.
I guess that you need parameters passing to the kernel.  Such as port
and irq, although, I would have thought that it was a plug n play
device.  But if it does need parameters passing to the kernel, you just
append them to the loadlin line of your batchfile.

A quick search on google is likely to provide you with step by step
instruction.

That's assuming that it is down to the modem, as you haven't stated
exactly when this occurs.  It may be that something else has been
changed.


Gena



Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org

>I know ... what a subject line. LOL!
>
>Gregory, I know you're working hard on this, but thought I'd query the list
>to see if anyone had any suggestions for either of us. To make a long story
>short, folks, Gregory Nowak has been working his fingers to the bone for the
>last several days, trying to help me get my modem working under zipspeak8.0.
>We've discovered a bug in Zipspeak which I believe the maintainer has been
>made aware of, and  doesn't really concern this problem. anyhow, he's
>compiled a kernel for me, and it does seem to detect my modem while booting,
>but at  the end, I get the message stated  in the subject of this e-mail.
>
>Is there a way to  pass an init command to the kernel  using the linux.bat
>file? How is it done ... and I mean *exactly* how, LOL! As in "you type the
>following *here*" LOL!
>
>Anyway,  folks, if any of you have any ideas, Gregory and I would appreciate
>it. He seems, in theory, to have possibly solved my m modem problem for me.
>Although, since I can't log in, I can't say for sure that he has.
>
>In short .... HELP PLEASE???? <smile>
>
>Forgetting why she wanted to try Linux to begin with  LOL,
>~Ann
>
>
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Ann]

It occurs right when one should be about to get ready to log in. "Cannot
open initial console" comes just before the kernel  panic message about no
init found.

~Ann
----- Original Message -----
From: "'Georgina'" <gena@gena-j.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel


| Hi
|
| Well I can't give you exact instruction as I don't know what is required
| for the modem.  If you've been reading you should know what it requires.
| I guess that you need parameters passing to the kernel.  Such as port
| and irq, although, I would have thought that it was a plug n play
| device.  But if it does need parameters passing to the kernel, you just
| append them to the loadlin line of your batchfile.
|
| A quick search on google is likely to provide you with step by step
| instruction.
|
| That's assuming that it is down to the modem, as you haven't stated
| exactly when this occurs.  It may be that something else has been
| changed.
|
|
| Gena
|
|
|
| Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org
|
| >I know ... what a subject line. LOL!
| >
| >Gregory, I know you're working hard on this, but thought I'd query the
list
| >to see if anyone had any suggestions for either of us. To make a long
story
| >short, folks, Gregory Nowak has been working his fingers to the bone for
the
| >last several days, trying to help me get my modem working under
zipspeak8.0.
| >We've discovered a bug in Zipspeak which I believe the maintainer has
been
| >made aware of, and  doesn't really concern this problem. anyhow, he's
| >compiled a kernel for me, and it does seem to detect my modem while
booting,
| >but at  the end, I get the message stated  in the subject of this e-mail.
| >
| >Is there a way to  pass an init command to the kernel  using the
linux.bat
| >file? How is it done ... and I mean *exactly* how, LOL! As in "you type
the
| >following *here*" LOL!
| >
| >Anyway,  folks, if any of you have any ideas, Gregory and I would
appreciate
| >it. He seems, in theory, to have possibly solved my m modem problem for
me.
| >Although, since I can't log in, I can't say for sure that he has.
| >
| >In short .... HELP PLEASE???? <smile>
| >
| >Forgetting why she wanted to try Linux to begin with  LOL,
| >~Ann
| >
| >
| >_______________________________________________
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| >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

['Georgina']

Hi

Did you have one of those mysterious modems in the machine?
Gena



Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org

>Just to add to this, I've booted Ann's kernel using loadlin on a linux box, an
d am now installing zipspeak 8.0 on a windows box to try to boot it there, and 
see what I get. When I booted it on the linux box, it booted just fine. 
>Greg
>
>
>On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:53:12PM -0400, Ann wrote:
>> I know ... what a subject line. LOL!
>> 
>> Gregory, I know you're working hard on this, but thought I'd query the list
>> to see if anyone had any suggestions for either of us. To make a long story
>> short, folks, Gregory Nowak has been working his fingers to the bone for the
>> last several days, trying to help me get my modem working under zipspeak8.0.
>> We've discovered a bug in Zipspeak which I believe the maintainer has been
>> made aware of, and  doesn't really concern this problem. anyhow, he's
>> compiled a kernel for me, and it does seem to detect my modem while booting,
>> but at  the end, I get the message stated  in the subject of this e-mail.
>> 
>> Is there a way to  pass an init command to the kernel  using the linux.bat
>> file? How is it done ... and I mean *exactly* how, LOL! As in "you type the
>> following *here*" LOL!
>> 
>> Anyway,  folks, if any of you have any ideas, Gregory and I would appreciate
>> it. He seems, in theory, to have possibly solved my m modem problem for me.
>> Although, since I can't log in, I can't say for sure that he has.
>> 
>> In short .... HELP PLEASE???? <smile>
>> 
>> Forgetting why she wanted to try Linux to begin with  LOL,
>> ~Ann
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Adam Myrow]

It sounds like you corrupted something.  If you replace this kernel with
the original kernel, will it boot?  If so, than it's something about the
way the kernel was built.  Greg, did you include UMSDOS support?  Ann is
using Zipspeak, and must have that to boot!  What about PCI support?  Like
I said, check the obvious.  If the old kernel won't boot, then something
got corrupted.  In that case, a reinstall may be needed, but let's hope
not!

Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Gregory Nowak]

Yes, it's got umsdos and pci support. I've now installed zipspeak, and am having the same problem. I'll have to recheck the kernel config.
Greg


On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 10:07:06PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote:
> It sounds like you corrupted something.  If you replace this kernel with
> the original kernel, will it boot?  If so, than it's something about the
> way the kernel was built.  Greg, did you include UMSDOS support?  Ann is
> using Zipspeak, and must have that to boot!  What about PCI support?  Like
> I said, check the obvious.  If the old kernel won't boot, then something
> got corrupted.  In that case, a reinstall may be needed, but let's hope
> not!
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Igor Gueths]

Hi Greg. Did you also include fat support? Bc you are using a fat filesystem most likely? 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Gregory Nowak <greg@romualt.dhs.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel


> Yes, it's got umsdos and pci support. I've now installed zipspeak, and am having the same problem. I'll have to recheck the kernel config.
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 10:07:06PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote:
> > It sounds like you corrupted something.  If you replace this kernel with
> > the original kernel, will it boot?  If so, than it's something about the
> > way the kernel was built.  Greg, did you include UMSDOS support?  Ann is
> > using Zipspeak, and must have that to boot!  What about PCI support?  Like
> > I said, check the obvious.  If the old kernel won't boot, then something
> > got corrupted.  In that case, a reinstall may be needed, but let's hope
> > not!
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Adam Myrow]

I just remembered that when Slackware 8.0 first came out, they said not to
use a 2.4.X kernel with Zipspeak because UMSDOS didn't work right.
However, this was 2.4.5, and I figured that they would have fixed this by
now, but maybe not.

Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Igor Gueths]

Hi Adam. Actually I forgot to point out that fat is broken under 2.4.18
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Adam Myrow <myrow@eskimo.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel


> I just remembered that when Slackware 8.0 first came out, they said not to
> use a 2.4.X kernel with Zipspeak because UMSDOS didn't work right.
> However, this was 2.4.5, and I figured that they would have fixed this by
> now, but maybe not.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Adam Myrow]

Really?  What do you mean FAT is broken?  I am using kernel 2.4.18 and
have no problems with reading MSDOS or Windows files.  I just meant that
maybe UMSDOS was not quite right.

Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Igor Gueths]

Hi Adam. What version of gcc do you have? I have 2.95.2 and get compilation errors.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Adam Myrow <myrow@eskimo.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel


> Really?  What do you mean FAT is broken?  I am using kernel 2.4.18 and
> have no problems with reading MSDOS or Windows files.  I just meant that
> maybe UMSDOS was not quite right.
> 
> 
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Gregory Nowak]

It's there.
Greg


On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 10:21:28AM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi Greg. Did you also include fat support? Bc you are using a fat filesystem most likely? 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Gregory Nowak <greg@romualt.dhs.org>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel
> 
> 
> > Yes, it's got umsdos and pci support. I've now installed zipspeak, and am having the same problem. I'll have to recheck the kernel config.
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 10:07:06PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote:
> > > It sounds like you corrupted something.  If you replace this kernel with
> > > the original kernel, will it boot?  If so, than it's something about the
> > > way the kernel was built.  Greg, did you include UMSDOS support?  Ann is
> > > using Zipspeak, and must have that to boot!  What about PCI support?  Like
> > > I said, check the obvious.  If the old kernel won't boot, then something
> > > got corrupted.  In that case, a reinstall may be needed, but let's hope
> > > not!
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Gregory Nowak]

I'm compiling 2.4.5 for Ann, simply because the config for it was already there, and all I had to do is modify certain espects of it. The idea was that when Ann gets to feel comfortable with compiling her own kernel, she could go up to 2.4.18. I may try compiling 2.4.18, and see if that works. If it does, then I hope Ann won't mind downloading the kernel and modules off my site again.
Greg
P.S. Thanks for letting us know.



On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 10:32:31AM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote:
> I just remembered that when Slackware 8.0 first came out, they said not to
> use a 2.4.X kernel with Zipspeak because UMSDOS didn't work right.
> However, this was 2.4.5, and I figured that they would have fixed this by
> now, but maybe not.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Igor Gueths]

Hi Greg. Is 2.4.5 newer or older than 2.4.18? I'm pretty sure its a slightly older version.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Gregory Nowak <greg@romualt.dhs.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel


> I'm compiling 2.4.5 for Ann, simply because the config for it was already there, and all I had to do is modify certain espects of it. The idea was that when Ann gets to feel comfortable with compiling her own kernel, she could go up to 2.4.18. I may try compiling 2.4.18, and see if that works. If it does, then I hope Ann won't mind downloading the kernel and modules off my site again.
> Greg
> P.S. Thanks for letting us know.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 10:32:31AM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote:
> > I just remembered that when Slackware 8.0 first came out, they said not to
> > use a 2.4.X kernel with Zipspeak because UMSDOS didn't work right.
> > However, this was 2.4.5, and I figured that they would have fixed this by
> > now, but maybe not.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel

[Gregory Nowak]

2.4.5 is older.
Greg


On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 02:51:21PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi Greg. Is 2.4.5 newer or older than 2.4.18? I'm pretty sure its a slightly older version.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Gregory Nowak <greg@romualt.dhs.org>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init to kernel
> 
> 
> > I'm compiling 2.4.5 for Ann, simply because the config for it was already there, and all I had to do is modify certain espects of it. The idea was that when Ann gets to feel comfortable with compiling her own kernel, she could go up to 2.4.18. I may try compiling 2.4.18, and see if that works. If it does, then I hope Ann won't mind downloading the kernel and modules off my site again.
> > Greg
> > P.S. Thanks for letting us know.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 10:32:31AM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote:
> > > I just remembered that when Slackware 8.0 first came out, they said not to
> > > use a 2.4.X kernel with Zipspeak because UMSDOS didn't work right.
> > > However, this was 2.4.5, and I figured that they would have fixed this by
> > > now, but maybe not.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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