[mythtv-users] Kernel Panic - SCSI & IDE

Michael Heironimus mkh01 at earthlink.net
Sun Jul 9 04:01:33 UTC 2006


On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 03:09:22AM +1000, Bruce Nordstrand wrote:
> The FC4 install went fine and rebooted. That's when things went pear
> shaped. After starting Linux it dies with a kernel panic. The message
> is: not synching VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1).
> 
> Does anyone know what this means and , better still, know if I can fix
> it? Actually anything at all would help!

First thing I'd check is boot loader arguments. If you're using grub,
modify the command line from the boot menu and verify the "root="
option.

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Michael Heironimus


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