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

[Luis Murillo]

I got the same problem with another box, was unable to actually pinpoint
the error but I seemed to have gotten it fixed. All I can say is that
you should check the .conf file to see if the IDE modules are compiled
into the kernel, well if you're using an IDE interface with your HDs.

On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 14:24 +1000, Tim Leslie wrote:
> 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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