[dundee] Ubuntu installation challenges!

[Andrew Clayton]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:12:48 +0100, brough colin wrote:

> Tried asking about this on ubuntuforums.org, but so far no responses
> - so trying more locally....
> 
>  Trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 as the sole OS on a Dell Inspiron 570
> desktop. ISO ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso burned to USB stick using
> unetbootin.
> 
> Ubuntu runs from the stick OK, and the install process appears to go
> OK, but when I try to boot the new installation I get the following
> error:
> 
> ----------------
> Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init=
> option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.
> CPU: 2 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 not tainted 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu
> Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 570 /04GJJT, BIOS A00 10/19/2009
> 00000000 00000000 f74a3f78 c164b873 efcc332e f74a3f98 c16469ac
> c1826f5c c1aa5c80 c1815698 efcc332e 00000000 c193ce80 f74a3fac
> c1641cec c1815b80 c1815688 fffffff8 f74a2000 c1659ab7 c1641bf0
> 00000000 00000000 00000000 Call Trace:
> [<c164b873>] dump_stack+0x41/0x52
> [<c16469ac>] panic+0x97/0x181
> [<c1641cec>] kernel_init+0xfc/0x100
> [<c1659ab7>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x1b/0x28
> [<c1641nf0>] ? rest_init+0x70/0x70
> ---------------------

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> Any suggestions for things to check or try very welcome - never had
> much occasion to play with grub, so wouldn't know how to go through
> the stages that the installer is presumably doing and checking each
> step...

I don't think the problem is with grub, it seems to be booting the
kernel OK.

The problem seems to be that the kernel can't find /sbin/init

Would need the rest of the kernel boot messages to make much more
diagnostics.

Andrew