Re: Can someone explain this kernel panic error message? [fwd]
Just an idea :)
Its not a scsi CDROM drive is it, have seen similar type problems with NT booting of
scsi cdrom. If it is does the kernel have support for the scsi controller ???
Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> Hello folks.
>
> This is not Debian-specific, but my brother-in-law got a kernel panic
> while booting of a Linux installation CD:
>
> >I got the following booting off of a CD while installing on a new
> >machine.
> >
> > VFS: Cannot open root device 08:21
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:21
> >
> >Have you ever seen a kernel panic booting off of a CD. It's just a dell
> >machine like a lot
> >of my others. It's got a SCSI 2940 but I don't know that this should
> >cause problems.
> >
> >Any ideas? Bios Setup?
>
> I don't know what to tell him. I don't have any SCSI devices on my
> machines. He's probably using Red Hat although I've suggested Debian
> several times, of course. :-)
>
> Thanks. Syrus.
>
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