On Friday, December 03, 2010 12:21:58 pm Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unalble to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0) .... > What is the problem and how do I fix it? Will a 'simple' rebuild of the > partition table by removing all the partitions then reconfiging them as > I want will work, or will this take a bigger hammer?
Is there a valid initrd with the right modules for your hardware in /boot? Reboot, edit the command line, and add 'rdshell' to the kernel line. This will drop you into a dracut shell from the initramfs, assuming it exists. You can then see what's going on in terms of the init ramdisk. If this doesn't give you a dracut shell, then my guess is that your ks.cfg or something else didn't make an initrd using dracut. A saw this exact error after a failed preupgrade from F13; the failure was caused by a corrupted moodle, which didn't error until preupgrade had already installed 90% of the packages, but hadn't done any cleanup. The F13 kernels were still there, but the F14 kernel didn't get an initramfs built, and gave the same error you list above. A yum reinstall of the kernel fixed it, and then I had fun getting rid of the duplicate packages.... but we're good now. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
