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mmmlinux

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Registered: 2007-02-01

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kernel panic.

i am new to arch, and i tried to install useing the beginners guide on the wiki but after i updated useing pacman -Syu i get a kernel panic when i try to boot. my friend told me to change *.img to kernel26.img in /boot/grub/menu.lst witch i did using a live cd but that did not help... the error i get is unable to mount root fs on device dev(0,0). and init not found.
Kernel pannic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

any help would be appreciated.

Edit: i forgot to mention that my scroll lock and my caps lock leds are blinking but not my num lock.

Last edited by mmmlinux (2007-02-01 16:48:25)

bangkok_manouel

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From: indicates a starting point

Registered: 2005-02-07

Posts: 1,556

Re: kernel panic.

if you used 0.7.2 iso to install your system and if you have an intel chipset, you may want to have a look at this

mmmlinux

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Registered: 2007-02-01

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Re: kernel panic.

ah thanks. i had to append earlymodules=piix to the kernel args.

Last edited by mmmlinux (2007-02-01 17:43:59)

underpenguin

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Registered: 2007-02-01

Posts: 116

Re: kernel panic.

I think it is as simple as adding
earlymodules=piix

rbrownclown

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 125

Re: kernel panic.

Can someone please explain this a little more newbie friendly?  I'm having this problem as well.

arew264

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From: Friendswood, Texas, US

Registered: 2006-07-01

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Re: kernel panic.

This appears to be a simple hardware incompatibility - Arch is either not loading a driver needed for your motherboard or loading the wrong driver. The guy who started this thread fixed this by adding earlymodules=piix to the arguments that are used when starting the kernel, telling te kernel which driver to load and when it needs to be loaded.

When you start your computer, there is a list of kernels you can boot in your bootloader (grub). If you first press an arrow key while you are in grub to remove the timer before grub boots the default kernel, you should see an option that lets you edit the selected entry. Make sure you have the default entry selected (Arch Linux and not fallback or anything) and edit it to add this to the kernel options.

Sorry I can't be detailed as to which key you press and exactly where to add it, but I can't get on my box to run through this right now. If I need to be more specific, just post back and I'll take a look at it.

Last edited by arew264 (2007-02-02 01:22:58)

philefou

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Registered: 2006-05-23

Posts: 15

Re: kernel panic.

Something also change in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file.

Maybe you should change the line :

initrd /boot/image26.img  to
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

Try this and post back to see if everything's working.  Maybe you should also read next time on the news on the front page before updating your system;).

Last edited by philefou (2007-02-04 00:56:54)