Kernel panic after FC2->FC5

Tod Merley todbot88 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 2 00:21:40 UTC 2006


On 9/1/06, Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo.msbb.uc.edu> wrote:
>     Today we tried updating an i386 Fedora Core 2
> workstation to Fedora Core 5. The upgrade install
> completed without complaint until we rebooted the
> machine. At that point I got a kernel panic with
> the message...
>
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init.
>
> ...after the line stating that the kernel is being
> uncompressed and booted. What is the best approach
> to debugging this and is there specific set of
> causes for this problem?
>             Jack
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Hi Jack,

Ah yet another reason why I do not upgrade.  I love a fresh new install!!!

If you want to troubleshoot your problem where to start is probably here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=353920

Me, I would have grabbed all the data before I tried the upgrade
(would have needed a GOOD reason to try an upgrade) and would now go
to a fresh install.  If I was helping a friend resolve the problem if
he had not backed up the data I would use a live CD and Flashdrive (or
maybe a temporary FTP server or file share) to grab the data.

Good Hunting!

Tod




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