Re: kernel panic - not syncing: VFS - unable to mount root fs on unknown-block

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

Hulin Thibaud wrote:
> Hello !
> I'm trying to compile my own kernel for drivers on two computers, but 
> that fails. A the boot, I have this error :
> kernel panic - not syncing: VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknow-block 
> (3.69)
> 
> I'm using the kernel 2.6.19 with Ubuntu Dapper. I use the old boot 

Wow, 2.6.18 wasn't released yet and you have 2.6.19, cool.

> config and I type make oldconfig, so I don't understand why there are an 
> error with the near same configuration.
> I suppose that I must compile not in module but in hard support for my 
> IDE chipset, harddisk and file system. Probably, I don't understand how 
> do exactly. I do that :
> lspci |grep IDE
> 0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> make xconfig
> -Device Drivers
> --* ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
> --- * Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support
> --- * Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support
> --- * PCI IDE chipset support
> ---- * Generic PCI IDE Support
> ----- * VIA82CXXX chipset support
> - File systems
> -- * Ext3 journalling file system support
> --- * Ext3 extended attributes
> ---- * Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists
> ---- * Ext3 Security Labels
> 
> Have I forgot anything ?

RAID or LVM? Try initrd.

regards,
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http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/            Jiri Slaby
faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
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