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zomzilla

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Registered: 2011-06-12

Posts: 40

no filesystem could mount root: install cd

i'm trying to install arch on another laptop (quite old) yet when i press enter to boot it comes up to and error message:

no filesyetm could mount root, tried:
kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root on unknown block(254,4)
Pid: 1, comm: swapper not tainted 2.6.33-ARCH #1

i HAVE specified edd=off and acpi=off and noacpi in the boot line as those are necessary to boot on this laptop with other distro's

Last edited by zomzilla (2011-07-06 13:53:53)

jeslinmx

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Registered: 2010-11-20

Posts: 120

Re: no filesystem could mount root: install cd

Could you post the contents of your fstab?

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zomzilla

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Registered: 2011-06-12

Posts: 40

Re: no filesystem could mount root: install cd

i havent even got onto installing it yet so not really

it should be just 2 ext2 partitions and a swap on the disk but i assume 'root' is on Arches install disk

Behemot

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Registered: 2010-12-10

Posts: 96

Re: no filesystem could mount root: install cd

So, if I understand it correctly, this message shows up during bootign from Arch's CD, right? Maybe it has some strange disk controller, what's the HW configuration of the laptop?

lilsirecho

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Re: no filesystem could mount root: install cd

Perhaps the install disk contains the wrong program.....................

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zomzilla

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Registered: 2011-06-12

Posts: 40

Re: no filesystem could mount root: install cd

ok thanks for trying guys but it fixed itself 0_o

most strange: only took 30 odd attempts