> On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:16:53 +0100 > oekopez@xxxxxx wrote: > > > Dear list! > > > > I tried to preupgrade a Fedora 13 installation to Fedora 14 following > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PreUpgrade. The F13 installation was my > > first Linux experience and therefore eventually a bit shakey. A > > closed source ATI catalyst driver was installed. After reboot the > > upgrade process failed upgrading one package: Reboot and: > > > > kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown > > block(0,0) > > You are unable to mount the root file system. That means nothing can > start because it can't read anything. > > > > > Unlike yazan in > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1413157#post1413157 > > the old F13 kernels from the GRUB menu are not working (black screen, > > or fancy colors on screen after boot process). Choosing the upgrade > > in the GRUB boot menu leads to a blue screen with the Error message: > > "An error occured finding the installation image on your hard drive. > > Please check your images and try again." > > > > I didn't erased any images on the hard drive. > > > > Can anybody can give me a hint how I can repair the upgrade? I'd like > > to avoid a fresh installation. > > It is like grub is pointing to the wrong place. Boot a rescue disk, > and then go into the system boot and grub menu and make sure that your > root is pointing to the right partition. > > Or, at bootup time, press a space or shift to stop the boot process > when you get to the selection menu. Put an e on the lines you need to > edit and change them so they reflect your actual situation. Once you > have booted, change them permanently in the script. In particular, > make sure the line root (hd?,?) actually points to your root partition, > replacing the question marks with the actual disk and partition number, > starting from 0. So the first disk, second partition would be > root (hd0, 1) > -- > 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 Thank you stan, for your help. However the problem is still unsolved. I assume the different suggestions have the same effect and it is sufficient to try one not all (please correct me) I did change the root command line by hitting 'e' in GRUB from root (hd0,0) to: root (hd0,1) -> Error 17: cannot mount selected partition root (hd1,0) -> Error 15: File not found root (hd1,1) -> Error 22: No such partition >From these error messages it is possible to return to the GRUB menu (different to the kernel panic) The old F13 kernel, which are booting partly but failing with some graphic card problems include root hd(0,0), also. Some additional info on the kernel panic (if useful, it is not for me). In the left there is a decimal number in brackets [ 3.625903] which is getting higher in the following Call trace output and ends up to be 3.626393. Do you (or anyone else) have any other suggestions? Cheers, Philipp -- GMX DSL Doppel-Flat ab 19,99 €/mtl.! Jetzt auch mit gratis Notebook-Flat! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl -- 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
