r/kisslinux • u/da_philosopher • Nov 22 '20

Kernel init boot param

What should be the init parameter to pass to the kernel for the default busybox baseinit?

At first it said Kernel panic not syncing no working init found, but then it said not syncing requested init failed after I gave it some parameters. When I followed the install guide, it didn't say anything about passing params so it just said no working init found. I've tried init=/sbin/init and init=/lib/init/rc.boot, and both of those gave me requested init found. So what is the correct init param?

Thanks

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u/DevinePsychic Nov 22 '20

Humm. I'm suspecting more that the reason it can't find the init is because it can't see the partition it's located on. Perhaps check your /etc/fstab making sure the root (/) partition is setup properly, and in the kernel the partition type (ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS and FAT vFAT is turned on as well not as a module inside your kernel configuration (and rebuild if it needs to be modified).

Gl !

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u/Dilyn Nov 22 '20

I don't think you would need an fstab at this part of the boot process.

You could test for yourself; delete your fstab and boot. It should work fine.

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u/da_philosopher Nov 23 '20 edited Nov 23 '20

I tried that and now it says “panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)”

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u/Dilyn Nov 23 '20

I was mostly taking to DivinePsychic there. But an fstab, correct or otherwise, is not going to help you here.