From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 08:36:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B84016A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:36:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from canning.wemm.org (canning.wemm.org [192.203.228.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30DD543D09 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:36:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from wemm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by canning.wemm.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0982A8D5; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:36:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 To: James Van Artsdalen In-Reply-To: <200312100843.hBA8hrcF044101@bigtex.jrv.org> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:36:16 -0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20031210163616.1B0982A8D5@canning.wemm.org> cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't boot 5.1 CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:36:18 -0000 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