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hello, i installed Kernel 2.6 again. but i got this error message when booting: Code: pivot_root: No such file or directory /sbin/init: 432: Cannot open dev/console: No such file Kernel ...
  1. 08-12-2005 #1
    lin_world
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    Kernel 2.6 again

    hello,
    i installed Kernel 2.6 again. but i got this error message when booting:
    Code:
    pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: Cannot open dev/console: No such file
Kernel Panic: attempted to kill init!
    and this is my /boot partition:
    Code:
    config-2.4.27-2-386      initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386.orig  System.map-2.6.8-2-686
config-2.6.8-2-686       initrd.img-2.6.8-2-686        vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386
grub                     lost+found                    vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686
initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386  System.map-2.4.27-2-386
    and this is my menu.lst:
    Code:
    title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-686
root            (hd0,4)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.8-2-686
savedefault
boot

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-686 (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,4)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro single
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.8-2-686
savedefault
boot

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386
root            (hd0,4)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda6 ro
initrd          /initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386
savedefault
boot

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,4)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda6 ro single
initrd          /initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386
savedefault
boot
    ok, what should i do???
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  2. 08-12-2005 #2
    Vergil83
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    Do you have a seperate boot partiton from you root?
    If that is true you might edit your menu.lst to look like this

    title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-686
    root (hd0,4)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro
    initrd /initrd.img-2.6.8-2-686 root=/dev/hda6
    savedefault
    boot

    to tell initrd to look for some files
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  3. 05-12-2006 #3
    Raptor8200
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    hello

    How have you solve this problem? I got exactly the same bug, after installing a debian 2.6.15 AMD 64

    Hardware: hard disk SATA
    Sempron 64
    Non raid
    Asrock K8NF4G

    I 've tried all sort of things...

    Installing a 32 bits version of debian (hard disk are not detected)
    Installing the 64 bits version, with all the defaults parameters (partitions, packages etc)
    Installing Grub and/or Lilo
    Installing 2 versions of Debian NetInstall 64 bits...

    What should I do? Install Windows (no troll please... )

    I begin being desesperate...

    Can someone help me please?

    Thanks
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