Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.

[Duncan Lithgow]

Message on boot is:

[ 9.909674] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
[ 9.909745]

System refuses to boot any further.
Kernel is 2.6.20-2 just updated today (Dec. 21)

[korekorp (rivetcamille)]

I've got the same problem than you.

I think that the new kernel don't have sata or ide driver in native. I hope that this problem would be corrected in few days. I'm trying to re-compile this new kernel to test this.

Sorry for my english.

[kvtt (kvtt)]

I've got the same problem than you

- Kernel 2.6.20 (Kernel Panic)
- Kernel 2.6.19 (Kernel Panic)

[korekorp (rivetcamille)]

For me, I don't have any problem with 2.6.19 Kernel. Boot working good.

[Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow)]

2.6.19 worked fine for me as well.

[kvtt (kvtt)]

korekorp a écrit :
> For me, I don't have any problem with 2.6.19 Kernel. Boot working good.
>
>
Salut,

J'ai fais une install toute clean puis un dist-upgrade.

Ce que j'ai remarqué :

L'entrée du kernel 2.6.20-2 dans /boot/grub/menu.lst n'est pas faite
automatiquement. un simple update-grub resoud ce probleme.

Mais au redemarrage que je boot sur le 2.6.19 ou 2.6.20 j'ai le même
probleme, à savoir un beau kernel panic.

Le problème ne vient peut être pas du kernel en lui même, mais peut être
de la phase de chargement du kernel (initramfs-tools ?)

En attendant je ne fais pas les MAJ sur mon PC Fixe, en espérant que le
pb soit résolu rapidement.

A plus.

KVTT

[kvtt (kvtt)]

Duncan Lithgow a écrit :
> 2.6.19 worked fine for me as well.
>
>
OK, please send me your /boot/grub/menu.lst ?
Thx.

[Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow)]

If antone needs to keep using Feisty and wants to use the 2.6.19 kernel then you can edit /boot/grub/menu.lst making the 2.6.19 line a comment instead of an instruction.

[iKs (iks279)]

Translation of this message :
"Salut,

J'ai fais une install toute clean puis un dist-upgrade.
[...]
En attendant je ne fais pas les MAJ sur mon PC Fixe, en espérant que le
pb soit résolu rapidement.

A plus.

KVTT"

From French into English.

"Hi,

I did a clean install [of Feisty] and then an apt-get dist-upgrade.

What I noticed was :

- the 2.6.20-2 kernel's entry is not written automaticly, doing an update-grub resolves this problem

But when I reboot, using the 2.6.20 kernel or the 2.6.19 one, I have a "kernel panic" message.

Maybe the problem doesnt come form the kernel itself but from the prephase of loading (initramfs) ?

Anyway I update my computer regularly waiting for a solution.

See you.

KVVT."

PS : Please KVVT try to write in English cause I wont be here to translate all your messages ;)
S'il te plait KVVT essaie d'écrire en Anglais car je ne serai pas toujours là pour traduire tes message ;)

[iKs (iks279)]

I do not experience this bug personnally (but another one >_<) but a lot of people, at least on the French Ubuntu Forum, seem to be having trouble with that : should I set the bug to confirmed ?

[simonstockes (simonstockes)]

I got also the same error with my Feisty :

[ 9.909674] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
[ 9.909745]

What can I do now ? My machine is freezed !!

What does mean "Try passing init= option to kernel" ?

Help it welcome

[Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow)]

To boot another kernel press a key when you see the GRUB menu. Select a different kernel to use.

[tokj (tokj-deactivatedaccount)]

The problem is probably related with the initramfs-tools update. This is the link to the initramfs bug:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/76785

Can anybody confirm that?

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

Bug was in initramfs-tools, and is fixed there.