Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04

2001-10-06 Thread Stan Brown
I'm trying to set up a new machine this weekend, and i'm in trouble. I installed a minimal "stable" over the network. then upgraded to Progeny. Then I wen to istall the 2.4 kernel packages from http://people.debian.org/~bunk (thanks for the good work on these BTW). Now, I have a problem. The mach

Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04

2001-10-06 Thread Stephan Hachinger
- Original Message - From: "Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 8:17 PM Subject: Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04 > I'm trying to set up a new machine this weekend, and i'

Help! Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04

2001-10-06 Thread Stan Brown
I've tried grub _and_ lilo. Grub just comes up in the interactive menu. Lilo starts loading the kernel and then the kernel spits out this meesage. This hapened just after I upgraded to the 2.4 kernel from the kernel packages for that. I desperately need to have this machine working by Monday. Ca

Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04

2001-10-08 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 02:17:20PM -0400, Stan Brown wrote: > I'm trying to set up a new machine this weekend, and i'm in trouble. I know you needed a solution by Monday, so this is a bit late, but I haven't seen anyone else post an explanation of what the error actually means, so... > Now, I hav

Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04

2001-10-08 Thread DvB
> > During the install of the 2.4 kernel package. I goot a message about > > needing to add a initrd line to lilo.conf. This is probably the cause of your problem. I had the same problem the first time I installed a 2.4 kernel package with apt-get. Just follow the instructions and edit your lilo.c

Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04

2001-10-08 Thread Stephan Hachinger
- Original Message - From: "Dave Sherohman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 4:52 PM Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04 > On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 02:17:20PM -0400, Stan Brown wrote: &

Re: Help! Kernel Panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:04

2001-10-06 Thread dman
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 05:42:19PM -0400, Stan Brown wrote: | I've tried grub _and_ lilo. Grub just comes up in the interactive menu. | Lilo starts loading the kernel and then the kernel spits out this meesage. Is this the same machine you just asked about the initrd stuff for? To boot with an ini