Reid Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > > > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended > > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > > > change_root: old root has d_count=1 > > > Trying to unmount old root ... okay > > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed > > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > > > > > > Any ideas on how to save this system without having to reinstall? > > > > try booting up with init=/bin/sh and see if you can get yourself > > a root prompt. if so, you're golden. you might need to > > reinstall some packages (like sysvinit), and i don't know what > > the easiest way is to find packages that might have corrupted > > files though.
> no love from the init=/bin/sh option. Than you're really bad off! Have you examined the contents of your / partition, e.g. from a recue CD? What does it look like? Is /sbin/init there? Is it executable? Is /lost+found populated with files? Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
