Bug#479101: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: Kernel panic: Unable to mount root

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu@pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr>]

maximilian attems wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 09:03:28PM +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > Subject: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: Kernel panic: Unable to mount root
> > Package: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64
> > Version: 2.6.25-1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > *** Please type your report below this line ***
> > Hi,
> >
> > The new kernel 2.6.25-1 panics on my amd64 MacBookPro machine.
> > Previous kernels worked.  The output is:
> > [...]
> > NET: Registered protocol family 1
> > NET: Registered protocol family 17
> > registered taskstats version 1
> > RAMDISK: coulndn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0
> > List of all partitions:
> > ... ram0 (driver?)
> > ...
> > ... ram15 (driver?)
> > No filesystem could mount root, tried:
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> > unknown-block (8,3)
> >
> > I tried the ideas of http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug:
> > with rootdelay=9, it does wait for 9 seconds, afterwards it panics
> > with the same message.
> >
> > With 2.6.24, ls /proc/cmdline prints:
> > BOOT_IMAGE=LinuxOLD ro root=803
> >
> > I executed, with no luck:
> > dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64
> > dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools
>
> try this:
> lilo

Thanks for the fast reply.

Sorry, I forgot to say that I tried this too, but the panic persists 
after rebooting.

snoopy:~# lilo
Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Added Linux *
Added LinuxOLD
One warning was issued.
snoopy:~#

snoopy:~$ cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = yes
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = yes
snoopy:~$

Regards,
--
Eugen