Control: severity -1 important Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Mon, 2013-04-29 at 00:36 +0530, S. Roy wrote: > Package: src:linux > Version: 3.2.41-2 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > ---------- > I have upgraded today from Squeeze to Debian-7.0. > However, while booting in the last 3 occasions, the machine hanged twice > with kernel Panic. > > In both the occasions, the kernel waited unusually long to load the > initrd, and then complained about it and then asked to touch any > key to continue. Once I touched something, it panicked. > > What surprises me is that if it is a initrd problem, why did it boot in > 2 other occasions ? > Moreover, I have been using 'vmlinuz-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64' taken from backport > while using Squeeze, and the machine never hanged in the last 6 months. > > The messages were captured with a camera and I am writing down most of > it as was visible in the last screen. > ----------- > No filesystem could mount root. tried: > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0, 0) [...] This panic is expected if the root filesystem could not be mounted. So the question is, why did that fail? Is the root device a simple partition or logical volume? Is the physical device attached by SATA, USB, or other means? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Sturgeon's Law: Ninety percent of everything is crap.
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