Kernel panic: Please help

regnever · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Singapore

Dear all,

I just installed Gentoo on my P4 box.
Everything was working fine until I reboot for the first boot-up.

I have this error:
"
...
USB Mass Storage support registered.
---- Detected usb-storage hardware.
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
"
And the comp just hang there.
I don't know how to resolve this, could someone suggest a way ?

btw, both my keyboard and mouse are usb.
I have 20GB harddisk.
hda1
and hda2 for Window
hda3 is swap
hda4 is Gentoo

many thanks!

Tuan Anh

peter96362930 · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:17 am Post subject:

I'm not an expert, but I'd recompile a new kernel without the USB Storage option and see if that boots OK. It doesn't sound like you need USB Storage support anyway.