Kernel panic

[Nick Guenther]

On 12/13/07, Ola Lindergård <ola.lindergard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
> What is the first thing to do, to get the phono to start?
> I get my neo1973 yesterday and I don't undrstand what to do!
> Is it normal with "Kernel panic - not syncing:No init found: Try passing
> init=option to kernel.
> What can I do?


The first shipment got installed wrong at the factory. see
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/SH1#My_device_doesn.27t_boot_into_the_UI.2C_all_I_get_is_a_kernel_panic


FIC has been plagued with big mistakes like this. Another one is that
the phone you have is only triband, not quadband, because the circuit
board. They are just a small shop working on an ideal against the
tide, though, so I give them the benefit of the doubt and hold out for
the day when all cellphones are open source.

-Nick