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Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.

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I followed the migration tutorial to transfer my 32bit Centos 5.2 server. I followed all the instructions, but when I try to boot the server I get the following errors

EXT3-fs (xvda): mounted filesystem with writeback data mode

VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly on device 202:0.

devtmpfs: mounted

Freeing unused kernel memory: 388k freed

Write protecting the kernel text: 5984k

Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1432k

NX-protecting the kernel data: 3232k

request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.

I'm using the Default Linode Kernel, so I don't understand why its saying no Init Found. I'm pretty comfortable with general linux configuration, but not at the boot level. I have till tomorrow before the server goes live on linode.

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Are you sure you're using a 32bit userland AND 32bit kernel?

(And not 32bit userland/64bit kernel or vice versa?)

Ugg, I feel stupid. I was certain I was using 32 bit software, but it was indeed 64. Is there any hope for transferring a 64 bit server to linode or will I just have to do that all manually?

@blendimc:

Ugg, I feel stupid. I was certain I was using 32 bit software, but it was indeed 64. Is there any hope for transferring a 64 bit server to linode or will I just have to do that all manually?

How are you transferring stuff? Just boot with a 64bit kernel, or install a 64bit version of your distro + 64bit kernel..

I was just using this tutorial to transfer all the data. Will it still work to transfer my 64 bit server and the boot with the 64 bit Linode Kernel or do I need to do something else? http://library.linode.com/linode-platfo … -to-linode">http://library.linode.com/linode-platform/migration/migrate-server-to-linode

I answered my own question. It is possible and it works.

do you have a reason to use 64-bit? If not, 32-bit uses less memory.

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