Re: Kernel panic: No init found

[Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>]

Brad Brad wrote:
> Hi, i cannot get root encryption booting, could someone pls give me a
> pointer?  The loops works, i can view it manually, when booting i get...
> 
> Freeing unused kernel memory
> warning: unable to open an initial console.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This looks very suspicious.

> Kernel panic: No init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel.
> 
> i'm not using ROOTPIVOT so i'm not passing init from lilo, however i get the
> same result if i do use ROOTPIVOT

Can you post your kernel .config for kernel you are trying to boot.
CONFIG_VT* are the most interesting parts. Mentioning kernel version may
help too.

Regards,
Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>

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