kernel panic VFS: couldn't find root on 16:07 (or something like that)
 

i have little problem.... (or big)

i have windows XP and Suse 8.2 in my computer both are in same hard disk and i installed new hard disk to my computer and fixed some ide cabel positions so now my suse doesn't want to start... it says something like what topic says... how can i fix this problem i dont have suse cd's and i cant change any of linux settings... i hope somebody could help me because i have no idea what to do and im pretty newbie in linux and my english is not too good :)

and btw. i tried to remove new hard disk and some other things but it doesnt help

Hi,

Have you tried restoring the system as it was before?? Do you have your slave/master jumpers set properly and do you have a boot loader selected??

I would start out with those things.

how can i restore my system if i cannot go to linux.. i have grub bootloader(where can i change settings where it boots or something.. ) and when i select linux it starts to load kernel but eventually it says "kernel panic VFS: couldn't find root on 16:07" and halt's there... i cant type anything or do anything. i can go to windows xp (it's on grub's selections) and i think my jumpers are allright because i put new hard disk to secondary master and i didn't change anything on primary hard disk (i think)

Well, if I had to guess, I would say that your kernel has become corrupted. I think you're in for a world of hurt here. I think you're better off just doing a fresh install of Linux. Sorry but I don't know anything about compliling kernels. I leave that to the experts. :)

Can you boot XP okay or is that screwed up as well?? If so, then I would just start over and select LILO this time. Some don't like it, but I think i'ts better because LILo resides in your MBR.

my XP works nice.. ..... ill get suse cd's from my friend tomorrow so ill install it again..

k, good luck, man