Re: Knoppix newbie question

From: Walter Mautner (nownews.10.eatallspam_at_spamgourmet.com)
Date: 09/11/04


Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:18:41 +0200

Brian Hughes wrote:

> Where can I look up kernel boot error messages? I'm trying to boot
> from a Knoppix CD-Rom and I keep getting , as far as I can remember,
> "Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs at 01:01"

Appears you have a nonstandard IDE (SATA?/SCSI?) controller that isn't
correctly recognized by the hardware detection at that time. Read your
mainboard manual, try to start "knoppix2.6" (after pressing esc at boot
time) for better SATA support, or post with a description of your hardware.

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