Kernel Panic

postino87 · 10-01-2006, 06:18 AM

hi all

i've just download the new kernel source 2.6.18 from kernel.org and i'm trying to compile it, but at the system reboot, a message say:
"kernel panic - not syncing: VFS - unable to mount root fs onunknown-block (3,2)"

i use only IDE disk, so and i've compile as built in the ide disk support (BLK_DEV_IDEDISK)

my root fs is ext3 and of and EXT3_FS is compile as built in, and also RAM disk support and initiramfs/initrd are built in

..so, wher's the problem? where i'm wrong?

thanks a lot

The_Outlander · 10-02-2006, 03:53 AM

Did you run lilo as root (su), if not do so. If that doesn't fix the problem then you will need to retrace your steps from configuration, make, make modules_install etc. Are you using initrd?
I am assuming that you have a kernel that will boot to give you access to your sytem.

tp11235 · 10-12-2006, 04:38 PM

I had the same problem and it was because I had not compiled in support for my IDE chipset during make menuconfig.

Check the settings under ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL Support for your particular chipset.

Without IDE support the kernel cannot run the harddisk.