linux-image-2.6.10-2-686-smp: kernel panic - not syncing: attempting to kill init!

[Danilo Piazzalunga]

On Friday 28 January 2005 22:25, Olve Hansen wrote:
> Thanks alot for the swift answer.. Contents follows
>
> $ cat loadmodules
> modprobe -k  vesafb > /dev/null 2>&1
> modprobe -k  fbcon 2> /dev/null
> modprobe -k  fan 2> /dev/null
> modprobe -k  thermal 2> /dev/null
> modprobe -k  unix 2> /dev/null
> modprobe -k  ata_piix
> modprobe -k  usb-storage
> modprobe -k  sd_mod
>

The SATA modules are missing. There should be a line which contains 
sata_<something> (to find out which module you need, just run "lsmod | grep 
sata".

You'd better report a bug against initrd-tools, because it should include all 
the required modules and load them. But before, check if this is really the 
cause:

- Edit your /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf, find the line containing "DELAY=0" 
and change it to "DELAY=5" (or some other value).
- Rebuild the initrd image with "sudo dpkg-reconfigure 
linux-image-2.6.10-2-686-smp".
- Reboot and, when asked to, press Enter to start a shell.
- Load the SATA module with "modprobe sata_<yourchipset>"
- Exit the shell and watch as the boot process goes on :-)

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