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Re: Kernel Panic Boot Crisis HELP!!



On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 02:03:15AM -0500, Christopher J. Noyes wrote:
> I just installed the 2.4.16 686 kernel image and now when I boot I get these messages
> 
> request_module[block-major-3]: root fs not mounted
> VFS: cannot open root device "hda8" or 3:08
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 3:08

I don't suppose you changed your bootloader at the 
same time, did you? It sounds like you switched to 
grub and neglected to pass the necessary kernel 
arguments. 

If this is indeed the case, boot using the rescue 
kernel, and in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst, look 
for a part that looks like: 

title linux
	root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda1
        initrd /initrd.img
	boot

You will need to change the numbers following BOTH 
of the references to "root", according to what drive 
and partition are root. You can probably leave the 
first one alone, considering grub seems to be 
finding your kernel just fine. 

Cheers, 
Jason Whittle



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