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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Maniaman on 8 April 2003, 08:26

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Maniaman on 8 April 2003, 08:26

I recently shutdown my Linux system to remove an extra harddrive from it. Now when I try to boot I keep getitng this error:

mount: error 6 mounting ext3 flags Kernel panic: No init found. try passing init= option to kernel.

Any way to fix this?

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: slave on 8 April 2003, 08:37

Ouch.  You may have trashed your boot partition or something.  Do you have a boot floppy you can use?

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Maniaman on 8 April 2003, 08:40

I think I have one but I haven't got the slightest clue where its at.

I'm also wondering, since the Linux HD was the Primary Slave drive in the computer and is now the Primary Master, would that have anything to do with it?

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Lord C on 8 April 2003, 22:26

most likley

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Calum on 8 April 2003, 22:29

yes, yes it will.

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Maniaman on 9 April 2003, 01:06

Figures... So, is there any way to fix it without  having to re-install? I can't find a boot disk anywhere

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Maniaman on 14 April 2003, 01:34

is it possible to fix this without a boot disk? I'd like to be able to fix it wihout having to re-install

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Calum on 14 April 2003, 12:48

i don't really think there is (there will be but i don't know it).

why not just download a bootdisk (http://www.toms.net/rb/)?

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Faust on 14 April 2003, 14:25

Most distributions come with a rescue mode when you boot from the cd dont they?

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Pantso on 14 April 2003, 16:12

I think that you can boot from the CD and go in rescue mode. You should have a boot disk anyway.

Title: Linux wont boot
Post by: Maniaman on 15 April 2003, 06:41

I'll try that as soon as I find my install disk I just burned last week

EDIT: I tried the rescue thing...

exiting init -- giving hand to recue
rescue: rescue: No such file or directory
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!


I'll try a boot disk now...

EDIT again: Stupid me... I should delete the 8.2 iso's from my computer. Instead of burning a 9.0 cd1 I bruned an 8.2 cd one...

EDIT 3: Blah... rescue comand isn't working...
Error
Cound not uncompress the second stage ramdisk. This is probably an hardware error while reading the data. (this may be caused by a hardware failure or a Linux kernel bug)
Well I'll go download the thing Calum told me to download tommorow... To tired to tonight.

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