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saz

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From: Lisbon

Registered: 2008-04-19

Posts: 115

kernel panic after installing splashy!

Hi!

After installing splashy my pc didn't boot... I got a kernel panic.  then I uninstalled splashy and overwrited splashy's initab and rc.conf with my previous ones.  but I'm still getting kernel panic...

the message is something like:

/dev/mknod "/dev/root"
/init
Kenel Panic - not syncing : no such file our directory

speed145a

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Registered: 2008-05-02

Posts: 60

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Re: kernel panic after installing splashy!

Hi!

After installing splashy my pc didn't boot... I got a kernel panic.  then I uninstalled splashy and overwrited splashy's initab and rc.conf with my previous ones.  but I'm still getting kernel panic...

the message is something like:

/dev/mknod "/dev/root"
/init
Kenel Panic - not syncing : no such file our directory

I remember this happening to me, but i'm not sure if i figured out how to fix it.

when you say you overwrote the rc.conf and inittab, where exactly did you overwrite from?

Last edited by speed145a (2008-12-01 21:28:01)

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Statix

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From: Hangzhou, China

Registered: 2008-02-16

Posts: 240

Re: kernel panic after installing splashy!

Check out your /boot/grub/menu.lst file.

You'll want to make sure the root= section of your kernel line is correct. It should be /dev/sda1 or whatever your root device is.

Also make sure to run:
mkinitcpio -g kernel26
As you should have done when you installed splashy. I don't think not running it would cause this problem, but it's worth a try if you haven't done it in case your image was removed for some reason.

@speed145a
I'd assume he overwrote them from backup.

Last edited by Statix (2008-12-02 01:40:51)

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saz

Member

From: Lisbon

Registered: 2008-04-19

Posts: 115

Re: kernel panic after installing splashy!

Check out your /boot/grub/menu.lst file.

You'll want to make sure the root= section of your kernel line is correct. It should be /dev/sda1 or whatever your root device is.

Also make sure to run:
mkinitcpio -g kernel26
As you should have done when you installed splashy. I don't think not running it would cause this problem, but it's worth a try if you haven't done it in case your image was removed for some reason.

I installed splashy, but I didn't do it after uninstalling it... I'll try it later and give somee feedback!

@speed145a
I'd assume he overwrote them from backup.

that's correct!

Last edited by saz (2008-12-02 09:49:54)

saz

Member

From: Lisbon

Registered: 2008-04-19

Posts: 115

Re: kernel panic after installing splashy!

sorry about the delayed response but it's been some troubled times with a lot of exams...

@Statix

just now realised what you told me to do, and I actually did it  when I installed splashy, and I can't do it again because as I explained I cannot boot...

also tried reinstalling the kernel via chroot (package was in /var/cache..) but same error...

any ideas?

Last edited by saz (2008-12-11 18:14:03)