Bug 170755

Summary:	Unable to load /etc/init/
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Anthony Green <anthony.d.green>
Component:	mkinitrd	Assignee:	Brian Lane <bcl>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Kevin Baker <kbaker>
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Version:	4.0	CC:	ineilsen
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Description Anthony Green 2005-10-14 13:26:21 UTC

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Description of problem:
RHEL 4 "not syncing" kernel panic could not load /etc/init

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Using SATA drive in compatibility mode on a new Dell GX620
2. just reboot after running up2date
3. Dell offers no help at all
  

Actual Results:  RHEL 4 "not syncing" kernel panic could not load /etc/init

Expected Results:  system boots normally

Additional info:

If I run fsck scan, multitude of errors and fixing them does not resolve.