Re: Kernel Panic! "Try passing init= option to kernel"

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Here and There wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've had this problem before, but the way it was
> solved before was to create an /initrd directory. 
> It's there now, so that is not the problem.
>
> What I get on boot up is:
> ...
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> Red Hat nash version 3.2.6 starting
> Loading jbd module
> Journalled Block Device driver loaded
> Loading ext3 module
> Mounting /proc filesystem
> Creating root device
> Mounting root filesystem
> kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3-FS: ounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 236K freed
> Kernel panic: No init found.  Try passing init= option
> to kernel
>
> ... and the system stops there.
>
> Any suggestions?

Looks like it's mounting an incorrect root filesystem--one that doesn't
have the init program.  Are you sure you have the right partition
specified as root in your boot code (lilo or grub)?
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