On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 23:20 +0100, dexter wrote: > On 1 June 2010 16:59, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 11:46 +0530, Jayakrishnan M wrote: > >> Craig, > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> <snip> > >> > But when I booted I got an error - something like... > >> > > >> > kernel panic - VFS Error - can't mount filesystem hd(0,0) which should > >> > be /boot > >> > > >> <snip> > >> Please check the entries in /boot/grub/grub.conf and /etc/fstab. Since > >> you did a yum update, the entries should be fine; but it is better to > >> check those, just to be on the safer side. > >> Can you please post them to the list so that others can give ideas? > > ---- > > OK - relevant portions > > > > #boot=/dev/sda > > default=0 > > timeout=5 > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > hiddenmenu > > > > title Fedora (2.6.33.5-112.fc13.i686) > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.5-112.fc13.i686 ro > > root=UUID=7734afd9-2d2e-43fc-baa2-b8ea07cc98f7 rhgb quiet \ > > SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us > > savedefault > > boot > > initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.5-112.fc13.i686.img > > > > title Fedora (2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686) > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686 ro > > root=UUID=7734afd9-2d2e-43fc-baa2-b8ea07cc98f7 rhgb quiet \ > > SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us \ > > nomodeset rdblacklist=nouveau > > initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686.img > > savedefault > > boot > > > > The F13 kernel doesn't boot - gets the error (this is the exact message) > > > > Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > > unknown-block(0,0) > > > > and /dev/sda1 (hd 0,0) is /boot and it is ext3 - nothing special and of > > course it boots from the F12 kernel > > > > The F12 kernel boots - that is the only one I can use > > > > Craig > > A shot in the dark :-) > > Well that looks nearly sane from here, but I would move the initrd > line in the F13 section to match how it is with F12 i.e before the > boot and savedefault lines. If still no joy I would try re-generating > initrd with dracut in /root and compare the two with lsinitrd.. ---- indeed that is all it took Of course my other issue was only remotely related - the onboard nVidia just is so poorly supported by KMS and jumpy and unusable so I stuck in a video card and it's working much better Thanks Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
