Re: Kernel panic after kernel update.

[Spundun Bhatt <spundun@isi.edu>]

Can someone please respond to my question over here? This *is* the right 
forum, isn't it?


Spundun Bhatt wrote:
> Hi debian-ia64.
>
> I updated the kernel on my debian linux testing from 
> linux-image-2.6.12-1-mckinley to linux-image-2.6.15-1-mckinley .
>
> When I rebooted, I got the error saying the following (very early in the 
> boot).
>
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 
> unknown-block (0,0)
>
> I suspect that the new kernel bootloader configuration is pointing to a 
> non-existing location for root partition...
>
> Can anyone guide me as to how to debug this problem?
> Also is there any literature available that will help me understand how 
> linux boot loader works on debian on ia64? I mean what are the packages 
> responsible for installing the bootloaders and where can I find the 
> configuration so that I can check whether its right or not, etc?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Spundun