Kernel Panic Issue

[Peter Stoddard]

On Dec 5, 2006, at 11:25 AM, terrence at terrencevak.net wrote:

> Hello all,
>  	I'm using an eMachines 433-mhz PC with about 640 MB of ram and 2
> hard drives, one 20 gig and one 4-gig.  I had Ubuntu up and running  
> on the
> 20-gig drive just fine.  Then last night I tried to install Oralux (a
> derivative of Knoppix designed for blind users) on the other hard  
> drive,
> with a floppy for a boot disk.  Now, however, I can't seem to get  
> either
> of the two to boot up; no matter what I do I get a kernel panic error,
> something about being unable to mount some root thing to unknown- 
> block...
> (followed by a bunch of numbers).  How can I fix this so at least my
> Ubuntu comes up like it's supposed to?

This may be a software issue, but I always suspect bad ram also,  
whenever I get non-specific kernel panics.  If you have several  
sticks, try switching them around.  I don't know if there is an  
Ubuntu utility for testing ram.

Pete

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