Bug 16570

Summary:	Kernel panic: attempted to kill init!
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Eric <tvgm21>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Eric 2003-02-28 12:21:00 UTC

When booting from the Gentoo Live rc2 1.4 Athlon GRP cd, after selecting my
keyboard map I get the following code:

----Loading default (US) keymap
----Monting the CD
----CD medium found on /newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
----Mounting compressed loopback filesystem
Using /modules/cloop.o
----Copying and symlinking files from CD to populate /
cp: etc: Input/output error
cp: root: Input/output error
----Switching to tempfs root filesystem
exec: chroot: Input/output error
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot from Gentoo Live rc2 1.4 GRP Athlon cd
2.select a keyboard map and hit enter
3.watch as it implodes

Actual Results:  
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

After this booting ceased.

Expected Results:  
Booted into a command prompt so I could install Gentoo.

Asus A7V266 motherboard
AMD Duron 750Mhz (OVERCLOCKED TO 952Mhz)
768MB PC133 RAM
Seagate 8.4 GB IDE HDD
Floppy
AOpen 12x10x32 CD-R/CD-RW
Creative Labs Soundblaster Live 5.1 Value sound card
GForce 2 MX400 64MB video card
Linksys 10/100 Etherfast NIC
Promise Ultra133 TX2 RAID card (Disconnected at the time. Caused Interrupt IRQ7)

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-02-28 13:05:11 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 16569 ***