Re: Kernel Panic!..VFS.....
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Wilson,
> When my machine boots up, Linux is auto-probing the hardware, then it
> stops and pops up an error message "Kernel Panic......VFS........"
>
> I tried to use a 'rescue' disk and did the e2fsck, but it said the '/'
> partition was clean.
> I could mount the '/' partition and navigate the directories, but just
> can't boot up?
> What could be wrong?
It is probable that the filesystem you tested is not the same one
the kernel is trying to mount as the root filesystem. The error
message should include the filesystem that was being tested, as
in the following example.
VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 3:05
These numbers, "3" and "5", are the major and minor device
numbers, that is /dev/hda5, as follows
$ ls -l /dev/hda?
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 2 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 3 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 4 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 5 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 6 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 7 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 8 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 9 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda9
Yours sincerely,
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