From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 30 12:20:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A975B1065673 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:20:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f176.google.com (mail-gx0-f176.google.com [209.85.217.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E2298FC18 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:20:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so5623525gxk.19 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:20:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Te/dQkl4a57xnwdzN8iIDpr/jDDqT8r9BhsGfaFeEl8=; b=lZpB+jjyyyweXMZzTyeq36cExI6z+8MG5D6SkGTPvgJfXOM6bcAy+aFksEZqrbVAyN rew3lAKKAA9WzJiOtT6fq8H/65roj8t4JO+kUIscxmpu5GgiLJXsbP6k18kuu0EVs2KH cZqRVIv9T28dWso+DMhA6WVTj9tibpECc9eF0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aMfiDMYAynLSJfFMROq/bR/I0rG2l6UR55vSpNNHiyg+AtQ8K3KVw74u1XABvhxwSE AxcURVjAR4LOUeOGcWjqYauXSmvLbsTBh1XdGfQ2JpSNIOWRRr1FWuY1q2rd74jtI03r p/k2jptlyW8cdaQJ5SZXxjNBCXN6aFIyBcXWk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.120.14 with SMTP id s14mr2693748agc.58.1238415646574; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:20:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090329204919.96ac0671.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090329204919.96ac0671.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:20:46 -0400 Message-ID: From: Tsu-Fan Cheng To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: init panic in freebsd 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:20:48 -0000 Hi, Thank you, now the problem is solved. But while I was testing an exact same mborad I got from ebay, I noticed that the replacing board name my SATA differently from the old board, its designated as ad10 and ad12 instead of ad4 and ad6. What is the mechanism that underlie this?? thank you!! TFC On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:23:13 -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng 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, ... >