Hi,
Brand new to these forums, only slightly less new to Linux. I have a dual-boot Dell with XP/Linux.
I have been running FC2 on my laptop for a while... just haven't gotten around to upgrading.
On Friday, I shut down the system normally, and when I started up again a few hours later, I received a kernel panic message: no init found. This was true in all three kernel versions I have installed. Windows loads fine...
I used a rescue disk to run fsck on my /boot and / partitions, and both came back clean. When I mount the partitions, I can see my files and can't see any obvious data corruptions.
I went to /var/log and looked at various log files, including dmesg: nothing stuck out for me (though I don't look at log files that often).
I am at a loss as to what to do next. I have backed up my important files and could always just re-install a newer distribution, but I'm not convinced this isn't a problem with my hardware.
Looking for direction from anyone charitable enough to offer advice... thanks in advance.