Re: 2.6.23-rc1-git3 init failure

From: Sid Boyce
Date: Thu Aug 02 2007 - 19:15:00 EST


Michal Piotrowski wrote:
Hi Sid,

On 29/07/07, Sid Boyce <g3vbv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Boot failure on x86_64 (64X2), says it can't find init, specifically
> /init. 2.6.23-rc1-git1 boots and runs successfully. I haven't tried
> -git2. I shall reboot on 2.6.23-rc1-git3 tomorrow and record the full
> message.
> Strings from vmlinux in both the above:-
>
> Kernel alive
> /dev/console
> <4>Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> <4>Failed to execute %s
> <4>Failed to execute %s. Attempting defaults...
> /sbin/init
> /etc/init
> /bin/init
> /bin/sh
> No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
>
> Tried option "init=/sbin/init" and got the same failure.
> Regards
> Sid.

I see the sam problem with 2.6.23-rc1-git5.

Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed
failed to execute /init
kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to
kernel

Copying /sbin/init to / results in the same error.
openSUSE 10.3Alpha6plus
# rpm -qf /sbin/init
sysvinit-2.86-90

Please read chapter 4.1 and 4.5
http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/handbook/handbook-en-0.3-rc1.pdf

It should be very simple

git-bisect start
git-bisect bad
git-bisect good 0de085bb474f64e4fdb2f1ff3268590792648c7b

and so on and so forth

Regards
Sid.

Regards,
Michal

I had to do a fresh install of opeSUSE 10.3 Alpha6 to replace a failing drive. After that I again built 2.6.23-rc1-git10 which boots without problems. My guess is that something on the old hard drive got mangled. The old drive was PATA, the new one SATA, also disappeared have been the problems that suddenly appeared with sata_nv slow responses and timeouts with no devices installed and which I didn't see without the sata_nv module loaded.
Regards
Sid.

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