<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 April 2014 23:28, Andrew Clayton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@digital-domain.net" target="_blank">andrew@digital-domain.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:12:48 +0100, brough colin wrote:<br>
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> Tried asking about this on <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org" target="_blank">ubuntuforums.org</a>, but so far no responses<br>
> - so trying more locally....<br>
><br>
> Trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 as the sole OS on a Dell Inspiron 570<br>
> desktop. ISO ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso burned to USB stick using<br>
> unetbootin.<br>
><br>
> Ubuntu runs from the stick OK, and the install process appears to go<br>
> OK, but when I try to boot the new installation I get the following<br>
> error:<br>
><br>
> ----------------<br>
> Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init=<br>
> option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.<br>
> CPU: 2 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 not tainted 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu<br>
> Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 570 /04GJJT, BIOS A00 10/19/2009<br>
> 00000000 00000000 f74a3f78 c164b873 efcc332e f74a3f98 c16469ac<br>
> c1826f5c c1aa5c80 c1815698 efcc332e 00000000 c193ce80 f74a3fac<br>
> c1641cec c1815b80 c1815688 fffffff8 f74a2000 c1659ab7 c1641bf0<br>
> 00000000 00000000 00000000 Call Trace:<br>
> [<c164b873>] dump_stack+0x41/0x52<br>
> [<c16469ac>] panic+0x97/0x181<br>
> [<c1641cec>] kernel_init+0xfc/0x100<br>
> [<c1659ab7>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x1b/0x28<br>
> [<c1641nf0>] ? rest_init+0x70/0x70<br>
> ---------------------<br>
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> Any suggestions for things to check or try very welcome - never had<br>
> much occasion to play with grub, so wouldn't know how to go through<br>
> the stages that the installer is presumably doing and checking each<br>
> step...<br>
<br>
</div>I don't think the problem is with grub, it seems to be booting the<br>
kernel OK.<br>
<br>
The problem seems to be that the kernel can't find /sbin/init<br>
<br>
Would need the rest of the kernel boot messages to make much more<br>
diagnostics.<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>That makes sense. How might I gather stuff that's "off the top of the screen"? I've posted what I could see....</div></div>