Kernel Panic Error on Lilo -

mrmike503 · 10-17-2008, 01:37 PM

I've been installing the CRUX distro on my laptop, but for some reason I keep getting the error, and I went through a lot of pages here and couldn't find my answer:
kernel panic - not syncing vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown block (8,1)

I followed all the directions on the documentation up to this point, and set up Lilo to what I believe is correct. Any help would be appreciated.

Distro: Crux 2.4 (From CD, no updates or anything, just the disk)

My lilo.conf is as follows:

Code:

boot=/dev/sda
install=/boot/boot.b
timeout=50
default=CRUX

image=/boot/vmlinuz
     label=CRUX
     root=/dev/sda1
     read-only
     append="quiet"

I'm a little new to playing with Lilo, so any help would be great.

pinniped · 10-18-2008, 06:06 AM

The 'root' parameter is incorrect. Are you using an add-on card (sata/scsi/raid)? Sometimes such cards can cause a few problems. From the message you posted, try booting then press a key to get the interactive lilo, and add root=/dev/sdh1

Another one to try is "root=/dev/hdh1".