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20 years ago

Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.

After successfully starting the kernel I get an error message Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. After mounting the rootfs it can't find ...
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20 years ago

After building the same kernel with ethernet support, I get a slightly different output: 

Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed (0x217c000 - 0x218b000)
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel.

Now I get the warning, that the initial console could not be opened. The console is JTAG-UART. The device file has major,minor 5,1.