Re: can't boot with my 2.6.9 kernel...
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 12:40:43PM +0100, Giuseppe Lavagetto wrote:
> Il giorno gio, 13-01-2005 alle 00:15 +0100, Nicolas Lebas ha scritto:
> > The error message is :
> > "kernel panic - not syncing: VFS Unable to mount root fs on
> > unknown-block(0,0)"
> >
> >
>
> I hope Guillame's advices can help you in rebooting in your linux box
> succesfully.
>
> I'll add my two cents:
>
> The kernel panic you see is due to a missing kernel component in order
> to mount one of your filesystems.
>
> There are several things that can go wrong: for instance
>
> 1) You did not include the support for your filesystem in the kernel.
It is the plain debian kernel he is using, and it is just fine.
> 2) You have compiled the support of your filesystem as a module. In this
> case you should build the initrd and pass the initrd= option to yaboot
> (just add it in yaboot.conf and do ybin).
This should be a problem, since the modules he need are in the initrd.
> 3) You did all the required steps I listed above, but did not include
> initial ramdisk support and/or cramfs support in your monolithic kernel.
> In this case, the kernel will not be able to read modules from the
> ramdisk.
>
> I hope this can help you
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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