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Old 08-28-2008, 01:41 PM   #1
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Angry Kernel panic - Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

I get this error message when trying to load Linux, than it just freezes. This is a virtual machine copied from an actual PC. I have tried changing the root=LABEL=/ to root=/dev/hda0/ but it did not work. Does anyone have any suggestions?

root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.14_FC2 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.14_FC2.img
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Old 08-28-2008, 04:37 PM   #2
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I have tried changing the root=LABEL=/ to root=/dev/hda0/ but it did not work.
Partitions start with 1. Try /dev/hda1 or /dev/sda1.
 
Old 08-29-2008, 07:22 AM   #3
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Unfortunately that didn't work either. I tried 0, 1, and 2.
 
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Unfortunately that didn't work either. I tried 0, 1, and 2.
Make sure you leave off the trailing "/", as in "/dev/hda1", and not "/dev/hda1/".
 
Old 08-29-2008, 05:02 PM   #5
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You can try the UUID method of booting
root=UUID=<the UUID from the copied system>
but that begs the question:

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This is a virtual machine copied from an actual PC.
How was the copying performed?
Last edited by mostlyharmless; 08-29-2008 at 05:04 PM. Reason: typo
 
Old 09-03-2008, 01:38 PM   #6
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It was converted using Vmware Convert.
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