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Date:      Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:36:16 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        James Van Artsdalen <james-freebsd-amd64@jrv.org>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: can't boot 5.1 CD 
Message-ID:  <20031210163616.1B0982A8D5@canning.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <200312100843.hBA8hrcF044101@bigtex.jrv.org> 

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James Van Artsdalen wrote:
> Has anyone gotten the error
> 
>     write failed, filesystem full
>     panic: Going nowhere without my init!
> 
> trying to boot the 5.1 distribution CD when the kernel tries
> to start /etc/init?

Generally this is because /sbin/init (ie: sysinstall) segfaulted and
aborted.  I recall that there was some reason for doing this, but I do not
remember what it was. I *think* it happens if sysinstall fails to detect
any devices.  I'm sure somebody else can correct me on this.

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5



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