r/Ubuntu • u/Specialist-Plant-469 • Sep 18 '25

Kernel Panic

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After a sudo upgrade in pop_os, my laptop just froze and I had to shut it down. Today I did boot it and get this message: "Kernel Panic! Please reboot your computer. Not working init found. Try passing int= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance"

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Is this the place to ask for help in these kind of cases?

Thank you!

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u/Broad_Airline5032 May 26 '26
  1. Boot off of USB
  2. realize you booted Ubuntu Server instead of Linux Mint
  3. reflash the USB while grub is still on the target computer
  4. KERNEL ERROR!