On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 10:00 +0530, Ankur Sinha wrote: > hi, > > I did a fresh text based install on my system today. > > On boot, I get: > > "Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0)" > > Can you folks please tell me how to get around this? I googled up and > it looks like a grub issue or something, but I haven't been able to > correct it yet from the posts[1]. They speak of lilo, or of compiling > the kernel with modules or something. I'm installing from a Fedora 13 > dvd, so I can't quite compile myself a kernel. > > thanks, > > regards, > Ankur > > [1] > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/kernel-panic-not-syncing-356086/ > > [2] > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/kernel-panic-not-syncing-vfs-unable-to-mount-root-fs-on-unknown-block-361735/ > > [3] > > http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/gentoo-linux-help/44588-i-get-kernel-panic-not-syncing-vfs-while-booting.html hey, Beserk, but re-installing solved it :$ regards, Ankur -- 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