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02-10-2010, 09:26 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2010
Posts: 3
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kernel panic error. Help!
i am just learning about computers and know nothing at all except how to turn it on. i just booted up linux and recieved message:
[ 0800654] Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown - block (8,1)
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02-10-2010, 09:59 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2010
Posts: 3
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what???
i am following the general way of things for posting so that first link was an unessesary waste of time. second, i do not understand programming, so the second link made no sense at all. third, i cannot start my linux partition due to the fact that my computer is trying to read a hard drive thats not there. could you be a little more helpful?
ps. i am also new to forum protocol, so if theres something genuinely wrong with my posting here, please let me know.
Last edited by rha; 02-10-2010 at 10:07 PM.
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02-10-2010, 10:34 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,689
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we NEED to know WHAT distro you are using?
Ubuntu?,Debain?,CentOS,RHEL ????
AND
what version of that distro it is
if RedHat is it 4?, 4.3 ? or 5,5.15.2,5.4. ???
also what is the hardware
we are NOT mind readers
- my Chrystal Ball it broke -
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02-10-2010, 11:54 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2010
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oh
sorry about that. i am using ubuntu. it was installed on my laptop from a free installer from wubi. followed all the directions for install.
Last edited by rha; 02-11-2010 at 12:00 AM.
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