On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:49:01 -0800 (PST) nitin panjwani <nitin_rpr@yahoo.com> wrote: NP> 'Kernel paninc: No init found, try passing init= NP> option to kernel' NP> NP> before this I saw some messgaing showing problem with NP> journaling . Like: NP> ............. NP> /lib/ext3.o unresolved symobol journal_load NP> .................. NP> ................... NP> ERROR: /bin/inismod exited abnormally! you have to copy /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o to /initrd and /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o to /initrd (if it is there) and then do /sbin/mkinitrd. also, make sure your kernel is in /usr/src/linux/... by default, this is a symlink that points to the kernel that comes with the distro. --- If you don't strike oil in twenty minutes, stop boring. Amit Shah http://amitshah.nav.to/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/