[Bug 48909] Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block

[Ben Collins]

Do not change the priority of a bug report. Let the developer decide.

As it looks now, this is first of all not a kernel bug. This could only
be caused by initramfs-tools.

Secondly, it looks to me like a local problem on your system. The cpio
binary on my up-to-date dapper system (yes, it's ppc) recognizes the
--quiet option.

I suspect you have a locally installed cpio program. First check which
cpio is being used with "which cpio". If it's not /usr/bin/cpio, then
there's your problem. If it is, then run "cpio --version". If it doesn't
show this:

cpio (GNU cpio) 2.6

Then you have installed a version of cpio over your default installed
one. Reinstall the cpio package with:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install cpio

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu Dapper)
       Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected

** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: linux-source-2.6.15 => initramfs-tools
   Importance: High => Untriaged

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Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block
https://launchpad.net/bugs/48909