Description of problem: When i updated my kernel to 2.6.20-1.2986 and with newer ones i have been getting these lines when starting my system: Failed to execute /init Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel I can start my system with 2.6.20-1.2985 kernel but with newer ones it halts to that kernel panic. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.20-1.2986 and newer How reproducible: every time Additional info: When i updated my system with smart in text environment i also got these lines when installing kernel: buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 end_reguest: I/O error, dev fd0, sector0 it duplicates those lines many times and after it comtinues installing other updates.
Received this message today on 2990 Failed to execute /init Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel First FC7 kernel not to boot on this Pent III 800 EB, 1GB PC133, via Appollo-133, IDE , FX5200 Almost every kernel since 2925 has failed on my Pent IV ht 2.4c, Intel865BGF, and requires several boots with guessing at parms (such as) nohotplug nofirewire nopcmcia noapci nousb irqpoll 2987 and 2990 are running with these nohotplug nofirewire nopcmcia noapci But I think it is completely random and luck to get it started. Darwin P.S. What would one pass on the init= ? 3 doesn't work. /sbin/initab ? or is it just broken?
Same thing with me. The last kernel that I have working is 2962. I have an ahci SATA controller.
This was mentioned on Fedora list. SELinux is preventing mkinitrd from constructing a correct initrd. Remove the latest kernel, setenforce 0, and then reinstall the kernel, and it should work. If it does, paste the AVC messages here (They'll either be in /var/log/audit/audit.log if you have auditd running, or they'll be in dmesg)
Created attachment 150326 [details] audit.log
It worked but still got that I/O error and can't mount my external hard drive because it isn't in active session or should i make a new bug report about it, since looks like it isn't related to this problem?
fixed for me in selinux-policy-2.5.8-8.fc7
tjustt: If the 'init not found' problem is gone, please close this bug. The 'I/O error' is a different issue.