Re: [TCLUG:12774] bad computer day II

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

Tim,

Could we get some hard disk and other general configuration information
for this box and more (if not all) of the boot messages? Even if we
cannot help, it may jog your memory for details regarding the problem
and possible solutions. I feel your pain and hope for a quick cure,

Troy

Timothy Wilson wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I walked into school this morning and found that all of my Windows
> computers were complaining about losing their DHCP leases. Probably not a
> big deal, I thought. I walked back to the server room and found that I
> couldn't get a console on my server. It wouldn't get past asking for my
> username. After determining that the machine was pretty well locked up, I
> had to reboot.
> 
> Upon rebooting, I was presented with the following:
> 
> --snip--
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
> --snip--
> 
> Booting from my trusty boot floppy produced the same message.
> 
> I couldn't find any mention of an 'init=' option in the lilo docs. Can
> anybody help here?