[Nelug] Gentoo Linux & Kernel Panic

[Steven]

Thanks to everyone, I'm now recompiling my kernel manually - hopefully that
will work! :-)

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From: "Andrew Hatch" <andrew.hatch at bluespace.com>
To: <nelug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 1:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Nelug] Gentoo Linux & Kernel Panic


> 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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