Re: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:03

From: Ross (Ross_at_nospam.com)
Date: 11/05/03 

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:24:03 -0500

I have booted Knoppix and run fsck Later when I tried to boot, I get the
following messages:
    NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
    RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
    Freeing initrd memory: 319k freed
    EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
    VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
    Red Hat nash version 3.2.6 starting
    Loading jbd module
    Journalled Block Device driver loaded
    Loading ext3 module
    Mounting /proc filesystem
    Creating root device
    Mounting root filesystem
    ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,3)
    mount: error 22 mounting ext3
    pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
    Freeing unused kernel mrmory: 220k freed
    Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
This seems an improvement of some sort.
Is there anything else you can suggest to try now?
BTW, I can boot to WinXP without problem.
Thanks a million,
Ross

"Sybren Stuvel" <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.imagination.com> wrote in message
news:slrnbqffk2.5dc.sybrenUSE@sybren.thirdtower.com...
> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.]
> Ross enlightened us with:
> > My Red Hat Linux 7.2 wasn't properly shutdown. When I power on it
> > again, I get Kernel panic as below: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount
> > root fs on 03:03
>
> Auch... You could try running Knoppix. From there you can try mounting
> the partition and/or running fsck on it.
>
> Sybren
> --
> The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
> capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
> safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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