"Kernel panic: no init found" [new problem :(]

XK · n00b Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 59

hey all. i'm really trying to install gentoo! and after getting network working and everything, i've hit a wall

using the livecd i'm untarring stage3-athlon into the directory but it will go for a bit then i'll see random dma write cache failuire errors, it will copy some then show error.. ect..

Then when it ends i do the emerge sync and i get "temporary failure in name resolution rsync error. error in socket IO code10at clientserver.co(97)"

now i tried hdparm -W 0 /dev/hda to disable the write caching but i still get this error!! I dont think its my hd because i tired it in hdb and had those errors. Is it my cd?? my md5 sum was exactly the same before burning..

thanks
XK

slartibartfasz · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 3:26 pm Post subject:

did u check your memory too? - maybe theres an error there...
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rtn · Guru Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Posts: 427

Failure in name resolution would point me to /etc/resolv.conf. Have
you checked that it exists and contains valid nameservers?

As for the DMA errors, you can try disabling DMA to see if that helps.

XK · n00b Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 59

i will try that and let you know

i'm reburning the liveCD at 8x (maybee the cd was messed up)
the md5 checked and was exactly the same so nothing wrong with the image..

XK · n00b Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 59

ok i got past that but now i'm stuck at creatingthe BZImage right before compiling. I did my settings and use
make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install

that does ok untill the final line i see "bash: clean: command not found"
now after that when i do compile
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot

it s ays there is no such file or directory! its not creating the bzImage in there. what do i do? plz help its on right now and i want to finish this :cry:

thanks in advance

rtn · Guru Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Posts: 427

Hmm. Are you sure you typed it in correctly?

XK · n00b Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 59

thanks yea i got past that part. but after trying to setup Grub i would get "cci warning -malign-loops obsolete" so i installed Lilo and rebooted for the first time.
i thought i had everything working and when i rebooted i recieved "Kernel panic: no init found. try passing init=option to kernel."

doh.. what a slap in the face

I have no idea what to do now. gentoo has really frustrated me. any ideas?? i searched forum and someone else had the problem but they fixed it buy installing grub. well it wont let me install grub because even with the stag1 and stage2 files there i get the file not found errors..

ravenq · Apprentice Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 161

So can you get into the system at all at the moment (even with chroot)? Also, post your lilo.conf file and partition layout (found from fdisk) and we'll see what we can find.
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BonezTheGoon · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 11:07 pm Post subject:

Check out how neotux fixed this in another thread (it's not always the fix. but I found it interesting.)

Regards,
BonezTheGoon

XK · n00b Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 59

ok i did fdisk /mbr and redid lilo and guess what i dont get that error anymore

tried grub again and that wasnt working.. I guess i missed something in the original lilo config.

but ofcourse i have yet another problem.. (yay i know.. i'm a stupid noob)
OK so i got in using the root login and my password ok but my network wasnt working

my nic is a realtek 8139), and i remember adding this card in the config right before compiling. Now when i do the modprobe 8139too it cant locate the module. So where can i find this module? (8139too) I cant use the net to download directly. where can i find it and put it in a floppy or something?

thanks

ravenq · Apprentice Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 161

You did compile it is as a module didn't you? Do a "dmesg|grep eth" and see what the output is, if you see something with 'eth0' in it, then the card is probably already set up.
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XK · n00b Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 59

problem was my eth1 card, was set to eth0 after the compile

and all my settings were set to eth1 and i had no idea about this. so docman in IRC helped me out

now thats done.. phew..
moving to the desktop guide.. wish me luck

thanks everyone for helping here & in IRC. sorry for the trouble :oops:

ravenq · Apprentice Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 161

Good luck

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