Kernel Panic - no init found...

[Bob Metelsky]

>mkinitrd /boot/initrd.2.6.0.img 2.6.0
>
>if ur using lilo as boot loader edit /etc/lilo.con and add 
>initrd=/boot/initrd.2.6.0.img for ur new kernel


The way I understand this is

mkinitrd /boot/initrd.2.6.0.img 2.6.0

create a initrd image based on the /lib/modules directory, which I did manually last night but got the same error, which prompted me to dig deeper with "make install" as a solution


When I run make install, the image gets created based in the 
/lib/modules directory
You can see the image gets created, files and listing below

A quick read here seems to offer a solution
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-November/msg03120.html
but somehow Im missing something

Thanks!

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Here is my /etc/grub.conf

default=0
timeout=60
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.28)
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.28 ro root=LABEL=/
    initrd /initrd-2.4.28.img

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-4.EL)
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL ro root=LABEL=/
    initrd /initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img
#########################################################################

here  are the pertinent  /boot/files
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1263 Dec  7 11:18 bootlist.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        48022 Oct  3  2003 config-2.4.21-4.EL

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       166680 Nov 11 22:30 
initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        90019 Dec  7 10:40 initrd-2.4.28.img

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Dec  7 10:44 System.map -> 
System.map-2.4.21-4.EL
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       570887 Oct  3  2003 
System.map-2.4.21-4.EL
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       534275 Dec  7 10:40 System.map-2.4.28

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2900380 Oct  3  2003 vmlinux-2.4.21-4.EL
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Dec  7 10:40 vmlinuz -> 
vmlinuz-2.4.28
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1236945 Oct  3  2003 vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1046898 Dec  7 10:40 vmlinuz-2.4.28

bala chandar wrote:

>I think you need not install lilo or grub. boot the system with the
>previsous kernel and then configure the grub and specify the root path
>correctly in that.
>
>
>On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:14:32 +0000 (GMT), Anish Mathew
><nedumannilanish at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>  
>
>>hi bob
>>u need to create a ram disk image for ur new kernel.
>>if ur kernel version is 2.6.0
>>create the image using
>>mkinitrd /boot/initrd.2.6.0.img 2.6.0
>>
>>if ur using lilo as boot loader edit /etc/lilo.con and add
>>initrd=/boot/initrd.2.6.0.img for ur new kernel
>>save and exit
>>run lilo -v to reinstall lilo.
>>
>>anish.
>>
>>
>>
>>Bob Metelsky <bobmetelsky at comcast.net> wrote:
>>Im having a difficult time implementing a new kernel
>>
>>I do
>>bzip2 -dc linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
>>make menuconfig
>>make bzImage
>>make modules
>>make modules_install
>>make install
>>
>>Researching my error I found this
>>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-November/msg03120.html
>>
>>"
>>2. Navigate through the menus: "Device Drivers -> Block Devices"
>>3. Enable "RAM disk support", and "Initial RAM disk (initrd) support"
>>4. Enable any other kernel stuff you want/need.
>>5. Run "make", then (as root) "make modules_install", and "make install"
>>
>>The "make install" will create your initrd and add the appropriate
>>stanza in your /boot/grub/grub.conf.
>>make install
>>"
>>I do not run the original "make" but rather make bzImage
>>
>>This does exactly that
>>the new kernel and image are copied to /boot
>>grub is "automagically" edited
>>but... I still end up with the "kernel panic no init found - Try
>>passing init= to kernel"
>>
>>Any Ideas what i may be doing wrong?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Bob
>>
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