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Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Asked by mmarkgraf

HP a1630n

I now I have gotten past the APIC error. But I now get his error: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I have ran the mem test and it passed 13 times. I purchased the OS disk at Best Buy a couple of days ago.

I have seen other posts but I dont if they will work. Please help I wont to get my computer back.

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mmarkgraf (pvtmarkgrafusmc) said : 		#1

I changed my ram around and nothing. Also the cap locks and scroll lights blink.

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Maxim Levitsky (maximlevitsky) said : 		#2

This message usually means that kernel can't find your root partition

"Kernel panic" - error in kernel
"not syncing" - no disk is mounted, so there is nothing to sync

Attempted to kill init! - when kernel starts is tries to execute "init" application, but here "init" isn't supposed to exit, but it did here.

There can be several reasons for this:

1 - You compiled the kernel, and forgot to add there disk drivers/and or filesystem drivers
If you compiled it, tell what hardware system has, (motherboard especially)

2 - Kernel is standard, but you tell it wrong root location:

When you see grub prompt, press "up" or "down" key to stop the countdown timer, then try to select different kernels in the list.
I suggest you to read tutorial about grub.
Take a look at google for that.

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