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CamelWide 10-22-2006 09:47 PM
Kernel Panic - Not Syncing
 
Hey there! Hope you can help! ok, I installed Knoppix 4.0 on a new HD, made primary partitions for the installation as required, the swap partition as well, now I dont know if the swap should be primary or not, anyway... The system let me install the Knoppix4.0 and everything was fine, but when I take out the live cd and try to run the HD with the Knoppix I get this thing:

Kernel Panic - Not Syncing VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknown - block (3,66)

Ive been reading some information about this, but I just dont get it, they talk about changing this in LILO and changing that in God knows what, Im a newbie and I have no idea what is that, Ive been looking for those terms in the livecd and cannot find em, I read about file systems and kernel properties but I just cant make it work, well I really hope you can help me out on this one, thanks in advance.

Is there a way to fix this using the terminal?

Penguin of Wonder 10-23-2006 12:32 AM
The error your getting usually means that your lilo.conf or grub.conf isn't written correctly. Post your lilo or grub conf file and your paritioning scheme and we'll see if we can find the error.

mrhooters 06-10-2009 04:27 AM
Got same problem below are the details of my lilo conf
 
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3)

lilo.conf

boot=/dev/sda
prompt
timeout=10
default=gentoo
image=/boot/kernel
label=Gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/sda3


i'm using reiserfs as my sda3 (root)

Hope any masters can help me out in finding a solution to my problem.

Many Thanks! :scratch:

metrofox 06-10-2009 05:17 AM
It often happens switching kernel, from an *-huge-* kernel to the *-generic-* one: I solved creating the initrd.gz and adding it to lilo.conf the initrd.gz, here's a README that might help you:

http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar.../README.initrd

It's my lilo.conf:

Code:
# Linux bootable partition config begins
  image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.29.4-smp
  initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
  root = /dev/sda4
  label = Linux
  read-only
;) Regards...

mrhooters 06-10-2009 06:31 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by metrofox (Post 3569000)
It often happens switching kernel, from an *-huge-* kernel to the *-generic-* one: I solved creating the initrd.gz and adding it to lilo.conf the initrd.gz, here's a README that might help you:

http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar.../README.initrd

It's my lilo.conf:

Code:
# Linux bootable partition config begins
  image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.29.4-smp
  initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
  root = /dev/sda4
  label = Linux
  read-only
;) Regards...
thanks for the reply and really appreciates it.
By the way, i might include this: i'm installing gentoo r9 on Dell 1950 server. This might help in solving my problem ^^


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