Re: rh6 fresh install boot failure

["Wes Bauske" <wsb paralleldata com>]

Jeff DeMaagd wrote:
> 
> I am having a head-to-wall banging experience with trying to boot Redhat 6
> after a completed install.  I have found that the vmlinux.gz file was
> moved, I guess to the boot directory, but I can't figure out how to get
> MILO to read files within a directory.  I've managed to start the kernel
> from floppy, but then I get a:
> 
> kernel panic: no init found, use init=..
> 
> type error message.  I have successfully installed all RH5.x and
> 4.2 without this kind of message.  I've never had to use init= before.
> Here is my boot line:
> 
> boot fd0:vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda2
> 

How about:

boot sda2:/boot/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda2

That panic looks worrisome. Possibly your install
did not complete successfully. Might try init=/bin/bash
and see if it will come up.


Wes