Re: Just got a wonderful message
> Linux newbie, tried to upgrade the kernal to the 2.4 version that
comes with the cds, guess i missed a direction somewhere, but i got a
real nice message:
> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 3a:05\
It seems that the kernel is looking in the wrong place for your root
file system.
> Guess it's time to reinstall.
Maybe not. If you can boot with a live CD such as Knoppix, then mount
the file system that contains your kernel, and run
rdev <kernel_file> <root_partition_device_file_name>
then your problem may be solved. Also be sure that you have the correct
root partition device listed for mounting in /etc/fstab.
Good luck,
Andrew.
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