kernel panic not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000100 (ubuntu 18.04lts)
Matthew Martinez
I'm a newbie in ubuntu.
I want to get help because I'm facing a kernel panic problem like below.
So I googled and found some solutions and tried.
Solution1. Tried another version of kernel and its recovery mode.
I tried all of them. And they showed same kernel panic and exitcode=0x00000100.
Solution2. Made Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Live USB and tried to boot with USB.
But my computer displayed nothing then.
Solution3. Tried to boot manually in grub2 command line following this link.
But in grub, I couldn't found any sda or other device in /dev directoryenter image description here
Thanks for reading and apologize for my poor English.
22 Answers
First check your file system...
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB in “Try Ubuntu” mode
- open a
terminalwindow by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T - type
sudo fdisk -l - identify the /dev/sdXX device name for your "Linux Filesystem"
- type
sudo fsck -f /dev/sdXX, replacingsdXXwith the number you found earlier - repeat the
fsckcommand if there were errors - type
reboot
Then test your memory...
Go to and download/run their free memtest to test your memory. Get at least one complete pass of all the 4/4 tests to confirm good memory. This may take a few hours to complete.
Solved all my issues by buying a USB 3. Micro SD reader. Was getting Kernal panic with the generic USB 2. Card reader supplied Looked on all sorts of forums. Everything pointed to an issue with the SD card. Flashed 3. Always same issue. All running smoothly now.