Hi, > This panic is expected if the root filesystem could not be mounted. So > the question is, why did that fail? Is the root device a simple > partition or logical volume? Is the physical device attached by SATA, > USB, or other means?
The root device is a simple partition '/dev/sda2' (the details of it was already part of the mail as captured by 'reportbug' when it booted from the kernel on which I flled the bug report). The physical volume is attached by SATA. Thanks. Subhahsis On Mon, Apr 29, 2013, at 12:16 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: severity -1 important > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > On Mon, 2013-04-29 at 00:36 +0530, S. Roy wrote: > > Package: src:linux > > Version: 3.2.41-2 > > Severity: grave > > Justification: renders package unusable > > > > ---------- > > I have upgraded today from Squeeze to Debian-7.0. > > However, while booting in the last 3 occasions, the machine hanged twice > > with kernel Panic. > > > > In both the occasions, the kernel waited unusually long to load the > > initrd, and then complained about it and then asked to touch any > > key to continue. Once I touched something, it panicked. > > > > What surprises me is that if it is a initrd problem, why did it boot in > > 2 other occasions ? > > Moreover, I have been using 'vmlinuz-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64' taken from > > backport > > while using Squeeze, and the machine never hanged in the last 6 months. > > > > The messages were captured with a camera and I am writing down most of > > it as was visible in the last screen. > > ----------- > > No filesystem could mount root. tried: > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > > unknown-block(0, 0) > [...] > > This panic is expected if the root filesystem could not be mounted. So > the question is, why did that fail? Is the root device a simple > partition or logical volume? Is the physical device attached by SATA, > USB, or other means? > > Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > Sturgeon's Law: Ninety percent of everything is crap. > Email had 1 attachment: > + signature.asc > 1k (application/pgp-signature) -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1367225833.17384.140661224089093.74595...@webmail.messagingengine.com