Hello,
When i boot my system i get this message:
mount:could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
setuproot: moving /dev failed:no such file or directory
setuproot: error mounting /proc: no such file or directory
setuproot: error mounting /sys: no such file or directory
switchroot: mount failed: no such file or directory
kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init!
I tried to update my system & then it stopped working.
Please let me know the recovery methods to solve this problem & bring my system back to working.

What kind of upgrade?

It seems like you kernel is not able to mount the file system.
If you updated/compile the kernel did you update you grub/lilo too?
What distribution are you using? some come with a installation cd(kernel in it) and you can boot system from those cds'
And try doing file system check.

Hi,

it seems that it is a filesystem support error...have you compiled your own kernel with the update?
what kind of filesystem do you use for your root partition "/" ?
you must make sure this filesystem is supported in your kernel, not as a module, but compiled with it.

what if you boot on your previous kernel? (the one you had before you ugrapde) it shouldn't have been erased.
also, it may help if you post your grub or lilo configuration.

setuproot and switchroot seems to be an initrd problem. Did you make sure to replace your old initrd when you upgraded your kernel?

Hello,
Thanks for your reply.
I am using Fedora7 with dual boot & i was adding new additional hdd with new partition. i checked it showed me both hdd in fdisk 40 & 80 ide. i created one 40gb extended partition & then i used these cmds,
[root]# fdisk /dev/hdd1
[root]# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hdd1.
then it gave error & now system is not booting.
i used rescue linux mode but when it comes to searching fedora core installation it gives me error :
An error occurred trying to mount some or all of your system. some of it may be mounted under /mnt/sysimage. it goes to shell prompt.
what to do next, should i reinstall or try other rescue opts.

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Hello,
When i boot my system i get this message:
mount:could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
setuproot: moving /dev failed:no such file or directory
setuproot: error mounting /proc: no such file or directory
setuproot: error mounting /sys: no such file or directory
switchroot: mount failed: no such file or directory
kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init!
I tried to update my system & then it stopped working.
Please let me know the recovery methods to solve this problem & bring my system back to working.[/QUOTE]