Kernel Panic

[Michael]

here is the attempt at support if you want to look at it and you are on
mint's forum.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=378087&start=20

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 2:16 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been fighting with Mint for a while now. I installed mint21 and it
> runs great for about 5 loads then stuff happens. First it would boot into
> busybox. I tryed the fsck and that would work sometimes then the kernel
> began to panic after a week. I would reinstall and the process (busy
> box.... reinstall) would start over. This has been going on about two
> weeks. The kernel paniced tonight (it skipped the busybox step) and I
> finally looked at the output:
>
> initramfs unpacking failed: ZSTD - compressed data is corrupt
> Failed to execute /init (error - 2)
> Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found.
> Try passing init=option to kernel.
>
> So I ask those who are much smarter than me (you) what all this means.
> What init=option could I pass to the kernel? And what about the ZSTD.....
> data?
> What can I do?
> You know, now that I think about it this problem coincides with the date
> of the new release (or at least my update of the system after such). Things
> that make you go hmmmmmmmm.....
> That was a post onto Mint's support page. I haven't received any replies
> in like 4 days. I am thinking it is time to try a different distro. I was
> thinking about VOID. A couple of questions: what about my /home partition,
> will it transfer seamlessly? Do you think void will fix the problem or else
> what do you recommend?
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>


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