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orjanp

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From: Tromsoe, Norway

Registered: 2004-07-03

Posts: 347

Different errors when booting. And out of space on /boot.

When booting my computer, I get the following errors.

invalid compressed format(err=1)
VFS: Cannot open root device "hda8" or unkown block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing:VFS Unable to mount fs on unknown block(0,0)

My computer fail to boot.

Any idea what might be wrong?

I'm also out of space on my /boot partition. So I need to make it bigger. How can this be done?

Orjanp...

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patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: Different errors when booting. And out of space on /boot.

The first, if there are not mistakes in your bootloader config, should be a problem with mkinitcpio. Which hooks are you using?

The second issue depends on the filesystem you use. If e.g. ext2, then ext2resize and fdisk are the tools you need

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djpharoah

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From: SoCal

Registered: 2006-06-18

Posts: 185

Re: Different errors when booting. And out of space on /boot.

This issue can also be used when the driver for the ide/sata controller on the motherboard isnt compilled into the kernel.

use lspci -v to find out the chipset and then change the driver(s) for it in the kernel from <M> to <*>

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