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by zahid72

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I am getting problem in linux. When i start my computer, it starting alll services but when it comes to the point where it comes to mount root file system then i got an error, the display shows the following,
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Creating root device
Mounting root file system
mount : error 6 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed : 2
freeing unused kernel memory: 280 k freed
kernel panic: No init found , Trying passing init=option to kernel

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then it got stuck and two keyboard LEDs starting continious and simulatanious blinking

will any one help me??

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by kunleo_2003

use boot disk, and i believe u have previously
install a device or something on your system,
uninstall and and reboot to see if the problem
is solved

by r.e.c.

A few questions for you.

What version/distribution of Linux are you using?

Are you booting with lilo or grub?

The distro's I'm familiar with keep their boot files in the /boot directory and your system is looking in the /sysroot directory.

by zaeem arshad

By the error message it seems that the kernel is not accepting the init status command which will boot u into the runlevel but it can be because of a missing inode for the kernel. your best bet can be the two choices. rebuild the kernel and do checkhdd for errors before this or a complete reinstallation.

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