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From: maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(2,0)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 05:38:31
Message-Id: 20051213052925.79379.qmail@web31703.mail.mud.yahoo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(2,0) by Felipe Ribeiro
1 --- Felipe Ribeiro <felipernb@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > The /boot is on my root file
4
5 Whatev. The kernel has to be able to read it without
6 having to wait for a module.
7
8 >
9 > On 12/11/05, maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com>
10 > wrote:
11 > >
12 > >
13 > > --- Felipe Ribeiro <felipernb@×××××.com> wrote:
14 > >
15 > > > Hi all,
16 > > >
17 > > > I've just installed Gentoo 2005.1-r1 on my amd64
18 > box
19 > > > and i've got this
20 > > > problem while rebooting:
21 > > >
22 > > > Root-NFS: No NFS server available giving up.
23 > > > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying
24 > floppy.
25 > > > VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER
26 > > > end-request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
27 > > > VFS: Cannot open root device hda2 or
28 > > > unknown-block(2,0)
29 > > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option.
30 > > > Kerenel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to
31 > mount
32 > > > root fs on
33 > > > unknown-block(2,0)
34 > > >
35 > > >
36 > > > What should i do? is it a grub configuration
37 > > > problem? or kernel compilation?
38 > >
39 > > kernel -- make sure / fs support is _not_ modular,
40 > for
41 > > starters
42 > >
43 > >
44 > >
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