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> When my machine boots up, Linux is auto-probing the hardware, then it > stops and pops up an error message "Kernel Panic......VFS........" > > I tried to use a 'rescue' disk and did the e2fsck, but it said the '/' > partition was clean. > I could mount the '/' partition and navigate the directories, but just > can't boot up? > What could be wrong? It is probable that the filesystem you tested is not the same one the kernel is trying to mount as the root filesystem. The error message should include the filesystem that was being tested, as in the following example. VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 3:05 These numbers, "3" and "5", are the major and minor device numbers, that is /dev/hda5, as follows $ ls -l /dev/hda? brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 2 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 3 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 4 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda4 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 5 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 6 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 7 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda7 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 8 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda8 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 9 Mar 29 15:25 /dev/hda9 Yours sincerely, - -- Mark John Suter | I know that you believe you understand [EMAIL PROTECTED] | what you think I said, but I am not sure GPG key id F2FEBB36 | you realise that what you heard is not Ph: +61 4 1126 2316 | what I meant. anonymous -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key available from Keyservers or http://www.uq.edu.au/~suter/ iD8DBQE5RNeb7EsZXfL+uzYRAk4KAJwLxMXjeGaGgGYTHsIrn3wrWhYfkwCfWWik NRup/oPb3b+hB/TcMj+lkbg= =OIUv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----