[Nelug] Gentoo Linux & Kernel Panic

[Steven]

On booting the new install the system boots, loads the kernel then the error
message: "Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init". This appears right after
the USB system is started ie:

uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 11
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 9
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
---- Detected UHCI hardware
---- Scanning for hid...usb.c: registered new driver hid
hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech at suse.com>
hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
---- Detected hid hardware
---- Scanning for usb-storage...Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
---- Detected usb-storage hardware
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

I only have a MS USB Keyboard and Mouse pluged into the USB.
There is no dir /etc/rc.d where else could the init scripts be?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Younger - Sun VSP - Firmware Engineer"
<Edward.Younger at sun.com>
To: <nelug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Nelug] Gentoo Linux & Kernel Panic


> Steven writes:
>  > Can someone please help me with the problem I have with installing
Gentoo
>  > Linux
>  >
>  > I grabbed the latest version (1.4) from the web site and installed it
using
>  > the instructions found here:
>  > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml Everything went
fine
>  > until I came to reboot, when after starting the USB subsystem I get the
>  > error message: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
>
> Do you know what "starting the USB subsystem" actually does ?
> And what is the next thing that *should* happen? I guess I'm asking -
> are the init scripts easy to follow so we can see what the system's
> trying to do when you get the panic? I don't know gentoo at all so
> can't tell you where to look for these - maybe /etc/rc.d
>
> Eddy
>
>  >
>  > I've tried disabling the USB in the BIOS but to no effect, so I don't
think
>  > that its the USB (but I could be wrong).
>  >
>  > Please help as this is my first real attempt to ditch WinXP (although I
do
>  > have a firewall and two servers running Linux).
>  >
>  > Thanks in advance.
>  >
>  >
>  > Steven.
>  >
>  >
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