Kernel Panic - not syncing :Attempted to kill init

Question

I am facing this problem on my Debian5. I am running this server in Virtual Box.I have four os in this machine. But in this server only I get this message when I boot .

run init: /sbin/init : Permission Denied 
Kernel Panic - not syncing : Attemped to kill init

Can anyone help on this issue.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '12 at 12:10

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Somehow it can't run /sbin/init maybe some filesystem error or the init is deleted/corrupted.

Try to boot the machine with LiveCD and mount the filesystem and check /sbin/init.

answered Jan 09 '12 at 12:10

Stone

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Actually my server is running in virtual box,, Is it possible to use the liveCD in Virtual box.. – Pavunkumar Jan 09 '12 at 12:57
It is possible. – Stone Jan 09 '12 at 13:15
Actually I have only server.Vdi image .. Can it be mounted through liveCD... – Pavunkumar Jan 10 '12 at 06:50
You attach a LiveCD iso image to the virtual machine and boot that, like a phisical machine. – Stone Jan 10 '12 at 06:51
Thanks, I have successfully mounted the file system. How can I solve the problem now...? – Pavunkumar Jan 10 '12 at 12:17
Check if the init is there, runnable, etc... – Stone Jan 10 '12 at 12:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '12 at 15:42

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This setting helped for me: in VirtualBox, where you set the optical drive of the guest machine, you enabled some drive of the host's. If that's a virtual drive, don't enable Passthrough option.

answered Mar 14 '12 at 15:42

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Kernel Panic - not syncing :Attempted to kill init

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