[Nelug] Gentoo Linux & Kernel Panic

[Andrew Hatch]

I did a quick google on "Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! gentoo USB
Mass Storage" which results in the following thread:
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@gentoo.org/msg16314.html and the
problem is solved in
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@gentoo.org/msg16403.html so you
might solve this by compiling your kernel manually.  Confirms the general
suspicion that it isn't really a USB problem.

HTH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nelug-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:nelug-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Steven
> Sent: 04 September 2003 13:21
> To: nelug at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Nelug] Gentoo Linux & Kernel Panic
>
>
> 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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