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inetic

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Registered: 2007-08-28

Posts: 8

kernel panic when booting from USB

Hi guys, I'm trying to install arch on a cd-less HW (www.linutop.com) but during boot from USB
I get this kernel panic:

##################################################
:: Waiting for devices to settle...
usb 2-3.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
:: Waiting 16s for USB devices
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     CBM    Flash Disk     4.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
...
...
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb]: Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
:: Scanning for boot device...
:: Scanning cd drives...
:: Scanning usb drives...
/dev/sdb1
squashfs: version 3.4 (2008/08/26) Phillip Lougher
Registering unionfs 2.5 (for 2.6.27-rc6)
:: Mounting root (union) filesystem
:: Mounting images
::: Binding /bootmnt to bootmnt
:: Passing control to Arch Linux Initscripts...Please Wait
/bin/run-init: opening console: No such file or directory
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
##################################################

This happens with both images archlinux-2009.02-2-ftp-i686.img and archlinux-2009.02-core-i686.img.
Have checked md5's of the downloaded files and they were correct, have also tried to double write it
to the usb stick but still the same kernel panic message.

(I can play play space invaders from the grub menu though :-) )

Many thanks for any info on this.

UPDATE:
Ups, it uses AMD Geode processor and google doesn't suggest it's i686 compatible. Can this be the reason? Please confirm and I'll mark this as solved.

Last edited by inetic (2009-03-22 23:56:39)

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: kernel panic when booting from USB

If it's a Geode LX, then it's not fully i686 compatible, iirc.

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inetic

Member

Registered: 2007-08-28

Posts: 8

Re: kernel panic when booting from USB

It is Geode LX. Thanks

Last edited by inetic (2009-03-23 12:11:32)

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,549

Re: kernel panic when booting from USB

You could check out the LowArch project, it's been semi-revived lately (search the forums).