Re: Kernel panic: init not found

Tony Cook (kernel@cook.ml.org)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 23:37:09 +1000 (EST)


On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Mark Esh wrote:

> I compiled and booted 2.1.125, and everything goes fine until the kernel
> tries to load init... then i get this error.
>
> Kernel panic: init not found. try passing init= to the kernel
>
...
>
> I have had this problem since kernel 2.1.120, I keep moving my .config
> file over to the directory with the new kernel, and only select new
> options, rarely do I remove old ones.

Do you run:

make oldconfig

after you move the old .config file over?

I had mysterious problems until I started doing this.

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