Kernel Panic after trying ZenLinux Live CD

k5knt · #1 24th March 2005, 06:57 PM

I'm running FC3 with the 2.6.0-1.770_FC3 kernel.
I wanted to take a look at Zen Linux, so I downloaded the Zen Linux Gnome live CD iso.
After burning the cd, I tried it and it failed to start X. I rebooted and now I get a kernel panic when I boot. Here are the last few lines of the boot process:

Code:

Mounting root filesystems
ReiserFS: dm-0: found reiserfs format "3.6" wiht standard journal
ReiserFS: dm-0: using ordered data mode
ReiserFS: dm-0: journal params: device dm-0, size 8192 journal first block 18, 
max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
ReiserFS: dm-0: checking transaction log (dm-0)
ReiserFS: dm-0: Using r5 hash to sort names
Switching to new root
exec of init (/bin/sh) failed!!!: 13
umount /initrd/dev failed: 13
kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

It then hangs.

How do I fix this?

Thanks.

jamdusr · #2 24th March 2005, 11:25 PM

If you put the FD3 cd or dvd in and reboot I believe the cd will try to rescue an
installed system. You will need to know the partition that FD3 is installed to-good luck.

k5knt · #3 25th March 2005, 12:48 AM

I tried that. It said that I didn't have any Linux system installed. I've gone ahead and done a complete reinstall.

Thanks.

gnutux · #4 25th March 2005, 01:41 AM

this is really strange. Fedora Core 3 doesn't even support ReiserFS in the first place....

gnutux

jamdusr · #5 25th March 2005, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnutux

this is really strange. Fedora Core 3 doesn't even support ReiserFS in the first place....

gnutux

A hard drive install of zen must have started. It failed but it wiped out the FC3 install.
That's my guess anyway.

k5knt · #6 25th March 2005, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnutux

this is really strange. Fedora Core 3 doesn't even support ReiserFS in the first place....

gnutux

I guess it depends on what you mean by "support". Check out this HowTo. This is where I found out about using ReiserFS.

k5knt · #7 25th March 2005, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamdusr

A hard drive install of zen must have started. It failed but it wiped out the FC3 install.
That's my guess anyway.

That was my guess too. When I started the FC3 install process, I wasn't even given a choice of doing an upgrade. I was lucky in the fact that only my / partition got hosed. I had /home on a seperate drive and it survived.

I'm not ready to blame Zen Linux, It could have been something I did. But I don't think I will try any live cd's on my linux box again.