From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
To: Hulin Thibaud <hulin.thibaud@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, darkhack@gmail.com
Subject: Re: kernel panic - not syncing: VFS - unable to mount root fs on unknown-block
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:06:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44E0BBAD.4080007@cfl.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44E08C50.5070904@wanadoo.fr>
You need to use the initrd. See the man pages for update-initramfs and
maybe mkinitramfs. The initrd is where all the drivers get loaded and
hardware is detected in an Ubuntu system. It is required for root to be
on LVM.
Hulin Thibaud wrote:
> Sorry, new kernel is 2.6.17. to install suspend2.
> I believe using LVM, but I'm not sure.
> In effect, initrd is not present ! I rode this lines in my menu.lst :
> title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.171915
> root (hd1,4)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.171915 root=/dev/hdb5 ro quiet splash
> savedefault
> boot
>
> So, I suppose that's the center of the problem, but actually, I don't
> know how to solve it.
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-14 18:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-14 1:17 kernel panic - not syncing: VFS - unable to mount root fs on unknown-block Hulin Thibaud
2006-08-14 1:33 ` Nick Manley
2006-08-14 13:32 ` Jiri Slaby
2006-08-14 14:44 ` Hulin Thibaud
2006-08-14 14:52 ` Jiri Slaby
2006-08-14 14:52 ` Reinaldo Carvalho
2006-08-14 19:46 ` Jiri Slaby
2006-08-14 18:06 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2006-08-14 21:15 ` Hulin Thibaud
2006-08-14 21:35 ` Jiri Slaby
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