kernel panic: no init found

[mmmfanta]

Hi all,

I am a newbie trying Linux for the first time ;) , I am trying to install Fedore core 2 to one hard disc and I keep getting this error

kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init - option to kernel

What exactly does this mean? And is it fixable?

Cheers

KC

[triplehead]

might be that grub is pointing to wrong partition (at least i have gotten that message when my grub config was messed up ;) )
you can try booting with boot floppy or from install cd with "linux rescue".

[ghaefb]

What kind of filesystem did you choose for / partition ? (root partition)
It must be ext3.

[superbnerd]

you need to either compile ext3 support in the kernel, not as a module, or you need to include Ram disk support that will allow the kernel to use an alternate redhat technique to load the ext3 module, which allows you to read the root partition and load the rest of the system.