Re: Kernel Panic After Sarge Dist-upgrade To Kernel Image 2.4.27-2-386

From: Mark Fletcher (mark27q1_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/24/05

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:36:54 -0700 (PDT)
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    --- Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:

    > Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
    >
    > > VFS: Cannot open rootdevice "301" or 30:01
    > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
    > > Kernel panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on 30:01
    > > Ok, not worried at this time as I have my woody
    > CD's and can do a
    > > rescbf24 to mount woody still installed and
    > correct the lilo.conf but,
    > > here are the related boot messages when attempting
    > rescue:
    > > request_modules_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted
    > (repeated once)
    > > ...
    > > cramfs: wrong magic
    > > Fat: bogus logical sector size 5202
    > > read_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem
    > on (dev 03:03,
    > > block 64, size 1024)-repeated once
    > > Kernel panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:05
    > >
    > > Now I'm worried. Note: I don't have a reiserfs
    > file system, only an
    > > ext3 fs since day one on all partitions.
    >
    > If I understand, you have a dual-boot system, with
    > Sarge and Woody.
    >
    > Sarge's boot is hosed, but you've tried to boot off
    > the Woody
    > installation CD into the Woody installation, and it
    > fails also.
    >
    > Is this correct?
    >
    > If it were me, I'd boot off a LiveCD, such as
    > Knoppix or Kanotix, then
    > run cfdisk to see what partitions are defined. I'd
    > mount the / partition
    > on the hard drive, and look to see what /etc/fstab
    > says, and take a look
    > at the initrd issues you mention. My gut instinct
    > (not having adequate
    > info), is that either your partition table is
    > scrambled, your drive is
    > failing, or you're not feeding the correct
    > parameters to the Woody CD.
    >
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    If it's an initrd kernel, I do recall reading
    something about issues with the upgrade to sarge and
    initrd kernels. Might be worth checking out the Sarge
    release notes on debian.org...

    Mark

                    
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