Bug#337806:

[Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl>]

On Monday 07 November 2005 14:27, Jeremiah Smith wrote:
> I don't know if I need to create a separate issue/bug report for this,
> but when I boot from the newly installed Debian OS, it hangs right
> after "Starting periodic command scheduler: cron."  It does the same
> thing if start using the recovery module.

It is doubtful that cron itself is causing the problem. If your networking 
is broken, some parts of the boot process may take very long. Try letting 
it sit for a while...

If you want help with this, we will need more info, especially any 
messages shown on the console that may help find out why it hangs.

> I tried booting from the install CD using root=/dev/hda2 (this is the
> location I see displayed when the OS starts from the hard drive), but
> it tells me to 'Please append a correct "root=" boot option' and gives
> the 'Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02'

That will not work. If you want to try rescue, see the instructions in our 
FAQ [1], question 28.

[1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstallerFAQ