On 10/28/05, Fawad Lateef <fawadlateef@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/28/05, Devendra Singh Mahra <devendra.sm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > i tried installing new kernel on my machine. but when i tried to boot in > > that kernel , i get the following error , > > > > kernel panic - not syncing VFS - Unable to mount root fs in unknown > > block (0,0) > > > > > > I think your file-system type for the root partition is EXT3 and you > compiled your kernel with EXT3 as module, so kernel won't able to find > ext3 hence unable to mount your root partition. For this just change > EXT3 from module to built-in (M to Y) in kernel configuration file, > recompile kernel and boot. I hope this will work ... > > > following is extract from my /boot/grub/menu.lst > > > > title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.13 > > root (hd0,2) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13 root=/dev/hda3 ro quiet splash > > savedefault > > boot > > > > title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-386 > > root (hd0,2) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/hda3 ro quiet spla > > sh > > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-386 > > savedefault > > boot > > > > > > is there a problem with the entry or anything else . Can anyone please > > help > > > > If you root partition is hda3 then its ok ! > And yes, there is a prob in your grub file, compare your first entry with the 2nd one and you will find that you are not mentioning initrd in your first entry ! This can be a prob too ... -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
