System hanging at boot

bscott at ntisys.com bscott at ntisys.com
Fri May 30 18:07:17 EDT 2003


On Fri, 30 May 2003, at 5:54pm, mod+gnhlug at std.com wrote:
>> I think it is quite possible that Charlie has lost his *root*
>> disk, or part of it, such that when the kernel tries to read the
>> contents of /sbin/init from the disk, it hangs.
> 
> Maybe that init=/bin/bash trick from the kernel command line...?

  Worth trying.  Good idea.

  The thing I wonder about is, one usually gets am error of *some* kind if
init fails to load, even if it is just "Kernel panic: No init found".

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
| The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do  |
| not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. |
| All information is provided without warranty of any kind.              |





More information about the gnhlug-discuss mailing list