Re: [Gc-linux-devel] Anyone help on "kernel panic - not syncing : No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel"

[Albert H. <alb...@ya...>]

>Hi
>

Hi

>This is the first time I use linux. I followed the steps in "Getting Started with Linux on the Nintendo Wii: The whiite-linux system".
>Then I met the following errors when I use HBC trying to boot linux:

Well, you didn't actually follow it :)

>...
>... (It seems that the ext3 partition is mounted successfully through the logs)
>...
>Warning : unable to open an initial console
>Kernel panic - not syncing : No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel
>...
>...(after some trace dump, it says it will reboot in 180 sec)
>...
>
>One more thing, I use winrar to extract file system "from debian-lenny-5.0+whiite-1.10.tar.bz2", it complains that some file already exists,
>and I choose "Yes" to overwrite the existing files. I listed those files as below:
>
>.\lib\libxt_MARK.so
>.\lib\xtables\libipt_set.so
>.\lib\xtables\libip6t_hl.so
>.\lib\xtables\libxt_TCPMSS.so
>.\lib\xtables\libxt_dscp.so
>.\lib\xtables\libxt_TOS.so
>.\lib\xtables\libxt_RATEEST.so
>.\lib\xtables\libxt_CONNMARK.so
>.\lib\xtables\libipt_ECN.so
>.\lib\xtables\libipt_TTL.so
>

You need to use a proper tool to decompress the files. Winrar isn't. Use tar as the wiki document explains.

The "unable to open initial console" is caused by the failure of your decompression tool to properly create device nodes. The other error maybe caused by the failure of your tool to deal with links.

>I wonder if that caused the problem ~> Anybody could give me some hint? Many thanks.
>

Just follow the wiki document.

Cheers,
Albert