[NBLUG/talk] Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0, 0)

William Tracy afishionado at gmail.com
Wed Jan 28 10:36:38 PST 2009


On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Kyle Rankin <kyle at nblug.org> wrote:
> In re-reading the error, it almost sounds like the initrd file is corrupt.
> Does your system have more than one kernel available in the grub prompt? If
> so what happens when you boot an alternative kernel?

On the same note, does your kernel setup actually require you to have
an initrd to boot? You could try just removing the initrd from the
boot command.

-- 
William Tracy
afishionado at gmail.com -- wtracy at calpoly.edu
Vice President, Cal Poly Linux Users' Group
http://www.cplug.org

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it."
    -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall, frequently mis-attributed to Voltaire



More information about the talk mailing list