Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:51:04 +0159 | From | Jiri Slaby <> | Subject | Re: kernel panic - not syncing: VFS - unable to mount root fs on unknown-block |
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Hulin Thibaud wrote: > Sorry, new kernel is 2.6.17. to install suspend2. > I believe using LVM, but I'm not sure.
see /dev/mapper/*
lvm(8) and lvdisplay, vgdisplay, pvdisplay...
mount(8) output
> In effect, initrd is not present ! I rode this lines in my menu.lst : > title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.171915 > root (hd1,4) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.171915 root=/dev/hdb5 ro quiet splash > savedefault > boot > > So, I suppose that's the center of the problem, but actually, I don't > know how to solve it.
You need to run mkinitrd with appropriate parameters on created initrd dir. See a small howto here: http://linuxreviews.org/howtos/Kernel-Build-HOWTO/en/x543.html or use google (and man) to find out howto involve mkinitrd.
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