Re: Boot error in Grub

From: Douglas Scott (dcNoSpAmscott1_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/28/05 

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:40:53 -0500

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:36:17 -0700, Alex8022 wrote:

> I have recently installed Debian and when I try to boot it via Grub I
> get the following error message:
> Unable to mount root on /dev/ram0
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
> I have google this message and didn't get any decent results. Any help
> will be appreciated.
> P.S. I have also previously installed Slackware and recieved the same
> error message. I am doing this on a Dell Dimension 2350.

Judging from the error message you are trying to boot from a memory stick
(/dev/ram0). It is probably a USB device and you don't have USB compiled
into the kernel, but have it loaded as a module. You can read the stick
when you boot from the harddrive, because here it loads a module to read
USB devices. But that is done after booting.

You need to recompile your kernel to read the boot device without loading
a module.

Doug

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