Kernel panic : No init found. Try passing init= option

[Ivan Riabtsov]

you can try init=/bin/sh

2015-03-12 19:17 GMT+03:00, Phil Sutter <phil.sutter at viprinet.com>:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 04:40:45PM +0100, Alexis Guilloteau wrote:
>> I have this error message after the kernel initialisation after compiling
>> and transfering the /bin /sbin and /user of busybox 1.23.1 on a arm linux
>> 2.6.24.
>> Is busybox doing something in the initialisation of the kernel or after ?
>> Because when i reload my system with its former root (with an older
>> version
>> on busybox) it don't crash and i don't see the link between busybox and
>> the
>> initialisation.
>
> The error indicates that /sbin/init either wasn't found or could not be
> executed (wrong arch, missing shared libs, etc.). Or do you maybe pass
> an init= option with non-existent path?
>
> Alternatively, try to chroot into the new rootfs and see if busybox is
> functional, /sbin/init exists and what not.
>
> Cheers, Phil
>
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