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#1 2007-04-17 15:29:09

pfadt_mann
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From: Dallas, TX
Registered: 2007-04-16
Posts: 6

Kernel panic - Not syncing: VFS: Unable [Solved]

I am getting: Kernel panic - Not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) on boot

I installed Arch 0.8 Voodoo.  The installation went just fine but when I reboot I get. I already have a working gentoo distro on the machine so I just used the exiting grub boot loader:

Grub.conf:

# Default is to run Gentoo for now
default 0
# Change timeout as needed 
timeout 15
#
#Gentoo
title=Gentoo-ati-2.6.19
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-ati root=/dev/hda5 vga=791
#
#Kernel testing before installing
title=Gentoo-New
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda5
#
#
# Arch (ARK) Linux
title=ArchLinux
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda8 vga=791
#

A list of file in my /boot on the Arch Installation:

total 8996
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    4096 Apr 17 09:31 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root    4096 Apr 17 03:05 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  738546 Apr 15 05:06 System.map26
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    5040 Feb 28 16:19 diag1.img
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 Jan 22 15:12 grub
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   69832 Apr 17 09:31 kconfig26
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4935070 Apr 17 09:34 kernel26-fallback.img
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1691730 Apr 17 09:33 kernel26.img
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1713848 Apr 15 05:06 vmlinuz26

When I boot into gentoo and mount the Arch partition, I can get around and everything looks ok.  I am not sure but I may had something wrong in the grub.conf file.  I tried using hda8 instead of sda8 but that didn't work either.

Any ideas?:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Last edited by pfadt_mann (2007-04-17 16:37:13)

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#2 2007-04-17 16:05:48

funkyou
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From: Berlin, DE
Registered: 2006-03-19
Posts: 848
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Re: Kernel panic - Not syncing: VFS: Unable [Solved]

seems you are missing your initrd...

this should do the job:

# Arch (ARK) Linux
title=ArchLinux
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda8 vga=791
initrd /boot/kernel26.img


want a modular and tweaked KDE for arch? try kdemod

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#3 2007-04-17 16:36:23

pfadt_mann
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From: Dallas, TX
Registered: 2007-04-16
Posts: 6

Re: Kernel panic - Not syncing: VFS: Unable [Solved]

Worked like a charm 

I was looking for the intird file, I didn't realize it was named differently in Arch.

It's up and running now.

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