Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:51:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:51:38 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:28409 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:51:37 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:55:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Adrian Bunk X-X-Sender: bunk@mimas.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de To: Peter Klotz cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.19 and 2.4.20-pre1 don't boot In-Reply-To: <000501c24230$8a29bdd0$8c00000a@sledgehammer> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1312 Lines: 47 On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Peter Klotz wrote: > Hi Hi Peter, > Up to 2.4.19-rc1 my system worked fine but 2.4.19 and 2.4.20-pre1 produce > the following message at startup: > > Mounting root filesystem > ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide > kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k ide-cd, errno = 2 > hda: driver not present > mount: error 6 mounting ext3 > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 > Freeing unused kernel memory: 108k freed > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > I have no idea what causes the problem since I did not change the kernel > configuration. > > The system configuration is as follows: > Athlon XP 1600+ > Asus A7V266-E (VIA KT266A) > 512MB RAM > hda, hdc are IDE Harddisks > > Any suggestions welcome. what type of IDE controller is in this machine? Is there any other error message above the startup message you quoted? cu Adrian -- You only think this is a free country. Like the US the UK spends a lot of time explaining its a free country because its a police state. Alan Cox - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/