Ismael Schinca wrote: > Hello everyone, I tried installing the Fedora 13 beta in the Beagleboard > xm board using these instructions: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/BeagleBoardxMSDCard > > with the latest kernel and modules from: > > http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/ > > The board boots but I receive the following kernel panic during start up: > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > Here's the last few output lines from the serial port before this message: > > > [ 14.928527] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 > > [ 14.951416] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraint > > s, leaving VAUX3 on > > [ 14.958923] regulator_init_complete: incomplete constraints, leaving > VDAC on > > [ 14.966552] omap_vout omap_vout: probed for an unknown device > > [ 14.972839] Waiting for root device /dev/mmcblk0p2... > > [ 14.978485] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=9514 > > [ 14.986145] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, > SerialNumber=0 > > [ 14.995910] hub 2-2:1.0: USB hub found > > [ 14.999847] hub 2-2:1.0: 5 ports detected > > [ 15.086975] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address 1234 > > [ 15.092926] mmcblk0: mmc0:1234 SA04G 3.67 GiB > > [ 15.097778] mmcblk0: p1 p2 > > [ 15.203521] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > > [ 15.213500] EXT3-fs (mmcblk0p2): using internal journal > > [ 15.218811] EXT3-fs (mmcblk0p2): recovery complete > > [ 15.223724] EXT3-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with writeback data > mode > > [ 15.230926] VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) on device 179:2. > > [ 15.241882] devtmpfs: mounted > > [ 15.244964] Freeing init memory: 204K > > [ 15.288787] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > Please let me know if you have any suggestions or need any additional > information. Trying a few different kernels would probably be a good start. It could just be a broken kernel. You might also have a broken/corrupted/missing init, but I would expect a more explicit error with words to that effect if that was happening. Have you tried booting the kernel with init=/bin/bash? Gordan _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm