Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:36:16 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: James Van Artsdalen <james-freebsd-amd64@jrv.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't boot 5.1 CD Message-ID: <20031210163616.1B0982A8D5@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <200312100843.hBA8hrcF044101@bigtex.jrv.org>
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James Van Artsdalen wrote: > Has anyone gotten the error > > write failed, filesystem full > panic: Going nowhere without my init! > > trying to boot the 5.1 distribution CD when the kernel tries > to start /etc/init? Generally this is because /sbin/init (ie: sysinstall) segfaulted and aborted. I recall that there was some reason for doing this, but I do not remember what it was. I *think* it happens if sysinstall fails to detect any devices. I'm sure somebody else can correct me on this. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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