[plug] cannot get system to run init on bootup

[Craig Ringer]

> Can someone point me in the right direction?

OK, the kernel is loading and booting, but when it tries to run the 
first program, init, it's failing for some reason. First thing to try is 
booting with "init=/bin/bash" on your kernel command line. If you get 
dropped to a prompt, that tells you that your root FS is being mounted 
and read fine, but init is failing for some reason. If not... something 
else is broken, but I really can't think what if your drive fsck's ok.

Craig