Kernel panic - not syncing: No Init Found Try passing init=

[qwertinsky]

Trying to do a full install to a 512 meg flash drive in an HP Thin Client.

I have been over and over this but still keep getting this error on boot

Kernel panic - not syncing: No Init Found. Try passing init= option to kernel

[cthisbear]

That can happen.

Try it on another computer.

I have a 16 gig usb...testing on a Dell Studio XPS.
Some pups it likes...some it hates.

And welcome to Puppy.

Sometimes >> try another usb port...front rear etc.

Chris.

[qwertinsky]

That can happen.

Try it on another computer.

I have a 16 gig usb...testing on a Dell Studio XPS.
Some pups it likes...some it hates.

And welcome to Puppy.

Sometimes >> try another usb port...front rear etc.

Chris.

It runs fine from a USB flash drive. So I know it will run on this machine. I just want it to run from the internal SSD like a "normal" Linux installation.

[rcrsn51]

First, do you know for sure that you've got a full install on the SSD? Do you see a lot of folders like /bin and /lib?

Are you using syslinux/extlinux or GRUB as the bootloader? If it's syslinux, post the syslinux.cfg file. If it's GRUB, post the menu.lst file.

[qwertinsky]

First, do you know for sure that you've got a full install on the SSD? Do you see a lot of folders like /bin and /lib?

Are you using syslinux/extlinux or GRUB as the bootloader? If it's syslinux, post the syslinux.cfg file. If it's GRUB, post the menu.lst file.

Actually all I see is a Boot directory that contains Grub and these files in the root

boot.msg
extlinux.conf
help2.msg
help.msg
initrd.gz
ldlinix.sys
logo.16
lupu_528.sfs
vmlinuz

I used the puppy universial installer

# GRUB configuration file '/boot/grub/menu.lst'.
# generated by 'grubconfig'. Sun Dec 11 20:06:01 2011
#
# The backup copy of the MBR for drive '/dev/sda' is
# here '/boot/grub/mbr.sda.17302'. You can restore it like this.
# dd if=/boot/grub/mbr.sda.17302 of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
#
# Start GRUB global section
#timeout 30
color light-gray/blue black/light-gray
# End GRUB global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Linux (on /dev/sda1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=normal
# Linux bootable partition config ends
title Install GRUB to floppy disk (on /dev/fd0)
pause Insert a formatted floppy disk and press enter.
root (hd0,0)
setup (fd0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title Install GRUB to Linux partition (on /dev/sda1)
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0,0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title - For help press 'c', then type: 'help'
root (hd0)
title - For usage examples, type: 'cat /boot/grub/usage.txt'
root (hd0)

[rcrsn51]

You just have a frugal install, so your GRUB menu is wrong. Read here.

You need a GRUB entry like

Code: Select all

title Puppy
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pdev1=sda1
initrd /initrd.gz

[qwertinsky]

How do I do a full install instead of a frugal install?

I ran the Puppy Universial Installer several times and this seems to be the only way it will install.

[rcrsn51]

When you run the Puppy Universal Installer, what kind of device are you choosing? I would have thought that the PUI would treat an SSD the same as a regular hard drive.

[qwertinsky]

I have tried Internal IDE/SATA Flash drive and Internal (IDE or SATA) hard drive

Both of the then allow me to select sda ATA 512MB ATA FLa, Size 488.7MiB

Then I select Install Puppy to sda1

After the next screens about partitioning and the final okay

I get to one where it askes for the Puppy files and explains that Puppy consists of only four files

vmlinuz
initrd.gz
lupu_528.sfs
zl528332.sfs

This I take is the Frugal install there is no option to do a full install

[rjbrewer]

Those files would be on the usbflash drive if that is what you
are booting with.

The frugal or full choice comes shortly after that.

Some instructions from a slightly old thread.
Start at image 24.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 782#201565

[qwertinsky]

I have tried this several times and I never get the choice to do the full ot frugal install

The installer skips the step shown in "image-26" never offering the choice.