I had removed the module which gives the error and installed the
kernel. then i booted the machine.
It give the following error:
VFS: connot open root device "LABEL=/" unknown block(0,0)
Please append correct "root="
kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable mount root fs.......
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my boot directory looks like as follows:
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drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 May 12 18:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 May 12 18:16 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5824 Jan 25 2003 boot.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1855090 May 12 17:52 bzImage-2.6.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 612 Jan 25 2003 chain.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44309 Mar 14 2003 config-2.4.20-8.bak
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 May 12 18:19 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 149561 May 10 2005 initrd-2.4.20-8.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84491 May 12 10:46 initrd-2.6.16.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85480 May 12 17:51 initrd-2.6.9y.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 473 May 10 2005 kernel.h
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 May 10 2005 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23108 Feb 25 2003 message
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21282 Feb 25 2003 message.ja
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 May 10 2005 module-info ->
module-info-2.4.20-8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15436 Mar 14 2003 module-info-2.4.20-8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1120969 May 5 16:39 mykernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 640 Jan 25 2003 os2_d.b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 May 12 17:57 sys.map.old ->
System.map-2.4.20-8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 May 12 18:16 System.map ->
System.map-2.4.20-8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 520129 Mar 14 2003 System.map-2.4.20-8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 518018 May 12 10:56
System.map-2.4.20-8custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653843 May 12 10:46 System.map-2.6.16
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 783512 May 12 13:51 System.map.2.6.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 956117 May 12 17:51 System.map-2.6.9y
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3193503 Mar 14 2003 vmlinux-2.4.20-8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 May 12 17:51 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-2.6.9y
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1122186 Mar 14 2003 vmlinuz-2.4.20-8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1116607 May 12 10:56 vmlinuz-2.4.20-8custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164617 May 12 10:46 vmlinuz-2.6.16
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1855090 May 12 17:51 vmlinuz-2.6.9y
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my grub.conf file looks as follows
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=3
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.9y)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9y ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.9y.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.16)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.16.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
title DOS
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
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what is the problem here..........................
Thanks
Manjunath Naik
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