i have mandrake linux installed but all of a sudden it is giving me a kernel panic msg as below ------------------------------------------------- during normal booting mode :
Kernel panic:no init found. try passing init=option to kernel ------------------------------------------------- during failsafe mode i get other error as below:
Kernel panic: :VFS:unable to mount rootfs on hda5. ------------------------------------------------- why it gives two different msg in different modes.how do i recover it.does this happen du to some data loss during power failure or some other reason.
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Dear Nitin,
Kernel panic:no init found. try passing init=option to
kernel Kernel panic: :VFS:unable to mount rootfs on hda5.
Had you changed the hard disk from Primary to Secondary or vice versa? Or from Master to Slave or vice versa? If so, change it to the state when you installed Linux. This may solve the problem.
Regards Vidyadutt.
On 6/2/05, nitin bhosale dave3092741@yahoo.com wrote:
i have mandrake linux installed but all of a sudden it is giving me a kernel panic msg as below
during normal booting mode :
Kernel panic:no init found. try passing init=option to kernel
during failsafe mode i get other error as below:
Kernel panic: :VFS:unable to mount rootfs on hda5.
The kernel is invoked with different parameters for "normal" and "safe" mode. The fail safe mode seems to give a more meaningful error message.
As the message states: it is unable to find the "init" program on /dev/hda5. Use Mandrake CD1 to boot in "rescue" mode and see if you can repair/mount hda5. Also strongly suggest make back up of your data files.
rgds, akk
hey i have not changed any master slave setting and i am not well xposd to linux rescue.so this being a linux blog,i request u to show the steps involved pls. bye and thanx for earlier response.i agreed the answer that kernel accepts different parameters.
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Arun Khan arunkha@gmail.com wrote: On 6/2/05, nitin bhosale wrote:
i have mandrake linux installed but all of a sudden it is giving me a kernel panic msg as below
during normal booting mode :
Kernel panic:no init found. try passing init=option to kernel
during failsafe mode i get other error as below:
Kernel panic: :VFS:unable to mount rootfs on hda5.
The kernel is invoked with different parameters for "normal" and "safe" mode. The fail safe mode seems to give a more meaningful error message.
As the message states: it is unable to find the "init" program on /dev/hda5. Use Mandrake CD1 to boot in "rescue" mode and see if you can repair/mount hda5. Also strongly suggest make back up of your data files.
rgds, akk
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This error generally comes when you have installed your /boot or / partition on a filesystem for which drivers donot get loaded in the kernel. For eg : if you do a minimal installation of any distro and skip taking ext3 modules and ... you format your / or /boot with ext3 then you are bound to get this error!
If possible try booting from you cd and check for the fs types
Regards,
Chirag
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