Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04

["Stephan Hachinger" <Stephan.Hachinger@gmx.de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Brown" <stanb@awod.com>
To: "Debian User List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 8:17 PM
Subject: Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04


> I'm trying to set up a new machine this weekend, and i'm in trouble.
>
> I installed a minimal "stable" over the network. then upgraded to Progeny.
> Then I wen to istall the 2.4 kernel packages from
> http://people.debian.org/~bunk (thanks for the good work on these BTW).
>
> Now, I have a problem. The machine will no longer boot from the hard disk.
> I get the message from the subject line. I can boot it from the boot
> floppy.
>
> During the install of the 2.4 kernel package. I goot a message about
> needing to add a initrd line to lilo.conf. It sufested puting a line in
> /etc/kern-img.conf (from memory). I have tried this, and also tried adding
> the sugested initrd line to /etc/lilo.conf. But nieht gets me to the point
> where I can boot from the hard disk.
>
> Help Please!

Hi!

Have you called the command "lilo" once at the command line after changing
lilo.conf? Maybe that'll do it.

Cheers,


Stephan