From nobody@FreeBSD.org Fri Feb 16 20:44:31 2001 Return-Path: Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E697037B401 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:44:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1H4iUW19646; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:44:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200102170444.f1H4iUW19646@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:44:30 -0800 (PST) From: owens46@bellsouth.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: During install, after boot get message: Panic: Going nowhere without my init. X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 25161 >Category: misc >Synopsis: During install, after boot get message: Panic: Going nowhere without my init. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Feb 16 20:51:06 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: Fri Jun 29 16:20:29 PDT 2001 >Last-Modified: Fri Jun 29 16:21:02 PDT 2001 >Originator: James G. Owens >Release: FreeBSD AXP/4.2 >Organization: >Environment: No yet installed.. Machine is DEC Alpha AS200 4/233 48meg Ram S3 Video card. >Description: When starting installation, booting from CDROM or Floppies when the inital boot is complete and the install program changes to a red screen and starts to probe for hardware the kernel panics with the message: "Panic: Going nowhere without my init". It will then automaticly reboot and repeat the same sequence. >How-To-Repeat: Same as above >Fix: Unknown - Booting from the CDROM or floppies results in the same message. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: "Jim Owens" To: , Cc: Subject: Re: misc/25161: During install, after boot get message: Panic: Going nowhere without my init. Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:57:24 -0800 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C09924.3AAF1900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Removing a previously loaded Linux RH-7.0 installation from the disk = fixed the problem. I switched to ARC console used "arcinst.exe" (used = to format drives in prep for NT installs)to reformat the drive. Then = switched back to SRM and booted the CDROM (boot dka200) and all is = well.... =20 Drew, many thanks Jim Owens ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C09924.3AAF1900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Removing a previously loaded Linux = RH-7.0=20 installation from the disk fixed the problem. I switched to ARC = console=20 used "arcinst.exe" (used to format drives in prep for NT installs)to = reformat=20 the drive. Then switched back to SRM and booted the CDROM (boot = dka200)=20 and all is well....

Drew, many thanks

Jim Owens

------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C09924.3AAF1900-- State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: mikeh State-Changed-When: Fri Jun 29 16:20:29 PDT 2001 State-Changed-Why: Submitter reports problem fixed. http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=25161 >Unformatted: