[mythtv-users] SOLVED Re: kernel panic after a fresh install (was: Mythbuntu trusty?)

[Janusz S. Bien]

Unetbootin is to blame, cf.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=745469

Regards

Janusz

Quote/Cytat - "Janusz S. Bien" <jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl> (Sat 19 Apr 2014  
09:00:45 PM CEST):

> Quote/Cytat - mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org (Sat 19 Apr 2014  
> 08:47:14 PM CEST):
>
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:26:21 -0400
>> From: Will Dormann <wdormann at gmail.com>
>> To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbuntu trusty?
>> Message-ID: <5352797D.4090104 at gmail.com>
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>> On 4/19/14, 2:14 AM, Janusz S. Bien wrote:
>>> When I boot in the recovery mode, I also get the flashing LEDs but I see
>>> on the screen the end of some traceback. Should I write it down?
>>
>>
>> Yes, or just take a picture and post it online.   It's a kernel panic.
>> Could be something like bad hardware (flaky RAM - testable with
>> memtest86), or a bad driver.
>
> RAM is OK, the problem seems to be specific to the external disk  
> used for Mythbuntu.
>
> The relevant message is:
>
> Failed to execute /init
> Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found
>
> I've noticed that a similar problem was reported e.g. 9 days ago
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/445958/unable-to-boot-ubuntu-12-04-after-new-installation
>
> and using Boot-Repair was recommended.
>
> I have done it but I was surprised by the question:
>
> FlexNet detected. Please backup your data before this operation. Do  
> you want to continue?
>
> and I answered "No". Should I say "Yes"? I have no idea why I have  
> FlexNet on this computer. Originally it came with Vista which I  
> downgraded to XP - can this be the reason?
>
> The output of Boot-Repair is available at
>
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/7284541/
>
> Mythbuntu is on sdc2 (other systems on sdc have been installed when  
> the disk was in a different computer, so the boot configuration is  
> probably not valid).
>
> I will appreciate your help.
>
> Best regards
>
> Janusz
>
> -- 
> Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bień -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra  
> Lingwistyki Formalnej)
> Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics Department)
> jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/
>



-- 
Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bień -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra  
Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics Department)
jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/