kernel panic : not syncing; VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)

[Tim Leslie]

On 4/18/05, brandon <brandonheato at gmail.com> wrote:
> after synaptic dist-upgrading to breezy when i try to boot i get this error:
> 
> kernel panic-not syncing VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)

I have the exact same error message except with a 2.6.11 kernel. I
don't have time to fix it so I'm just booting an older kernel from the
grub menu, but I can at least give you a "Me Too" to confirm there is
a bug somewhere.

Tim

> 
> possible cause:
> when i try to dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.10-5-686-smp i get 2 suspicious
> lines among the report
> 
> cpio: (0xfffe000) : no such file or directory
> cpio: /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7feb000) no such file or directory
> 
> i checked and /lib/ld-linux.so.2 actually does exist. what exactly is the
> function of this file?
> 
> i dont think theres anything wrong with my menu.lst
> 
> what could be causing this problem and how can i solve this? driving me nuts at
> the moment.... some help please T.T
> 
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