Paul on Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:14:59 -0500


[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

[PLUG] Need Feedback


I forwarded the following:

*** begin quote ***

Are you ready for my newest Linux problem?  Is it just me or does 
everyone have these problems?

Ok.  So, I started up my box last night and I logged in copied a 
couple files from a floppy and started an xterm.  However, when I 
tried to do an 'ls' or 'cp' I got some error about /bin/ls does not 
exist.

I thought well, that's strange.  I echoed $PATH and /bin was in the 
path.  Since I didn't know what to do next, I closed the xterm and 
tried to start another one.  However, the button on my GUI wasn't 
working.  So, I did a Cntrl+Alt+F2 and tried to log in and I got some 
error (that I didn't write down).

Alright, at this point I'm saying: "This is too strange, I'm gonna 
reboot!"  However, Ctrl+Alt+Del wasn't working either (again an error 
message that I didn't write down).

So, I hit the Restart button on my PC.  However, now Linux doesn't 
boot up all of the way.  I get past Loading Linux.........  And then 
I see a couple pages of info, but it stops loading when it says: 
Kernel panic: No init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel.

I scrolled up (Shift+PageUP) and I didn't notice any other error 
messages.  However, I did notice: Kernel command line: auto 
BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=305 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2.  
Strangley enough, when I looked at this line last night, there was an 
init= at the end of it. But, this morning it wasn't there.

Do you have any ideas about what is happening and/or what I can do to 
fix it?

*** end quote ***

Any ideas?

______________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group       -      http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  -  http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug