Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:49:19 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: init panic in freebsd 7.1 Message-ID: <20090329204919.96ac0671.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <f84c38580903291123o30fde6aeg9ecd196e8184bb40@mail.gmail.com> References: <f84c38580903291123o30fde6aeg9ecd196e8184bb40@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:23:13 -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com> wrote: > init: not found in path /sbin/.... (a lot of paths) > panic: no init > > what is that?? The init process is the "root" of the FreeBSD startup, and the last part of the OS loader cannot find it, so the OS cannot start. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=init&apropos=0&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+7.1-RELEASE&format=ascii You can use a live system CD of FreeBSD (6, 7) or FreeSBIE to boot the system with this CD, it should work. Then you can mount your / partition and check the existance of init which usually is /sbin/init. Don't forget to fsck the hard disk, maybe due to the failing power supply you had some damages on the hard disk (file-wise), or even worse... -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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