Hello,

> > I have the following problem - whenever I boot a kernel I compiled myself 
> > it panics - saying it can't find init.
> > 
> > boot device: sd0
> > root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
> > exec /sbin/init: error 14
> > 
> > everything appears to be correct, the generic kernel from the ftp site 
> > works, but so far all kernels I compiled failed at this point, even 
> > GENERIC.

> Did you add optimization for OF console? I remember that it introduced 
> similar problem on my machine. But a patch corrected it.

I disabled it - no change.
btw. is it normal that the install kernel dies in an OF console but works fine in a serial console? It resets immediately, so I can't quite make out what it says but it should be the time when it starts init.

have fun
Michael