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Kernel Panic: VFS: couldn't mount rootIt is important to know, when this occurs:
This is the likely cause if the kernel displays a message like the following at boot-time :
scsi: 0 hosts
Adaptec 2940 bleibt nach Installation hängen
Adaptec 2940 mit DOS und loadlin
Adaptec 2940 nicht erkannt
SCSI-Adapter auf SoundBlaster
Ultrastore 34F wird nicht erkannt
Make sure you entered the necessary kernel parameters correctly (if these are needed). Especially the values for IRQ and port adress are important.
For further information see
CDROM: CDU31 A Sony
CDROM: Installation von CD-ROMs am Parallelport
CDROM: ältere Mitsumi-Laufwerke (FX001-D)
Media Vision Pro Sonic 16: Probleme mit CDROM-Interface
/etc/lilo.conf
isn't correct.
Boot the system with the bootdisk that comes with the S.u.S.E. Linux distribution or
- even better - the bootdisk that was created during the installation. In the first case,
after having loaded the necessary modules, choose the menu item Boot installed system
.
This way you can boot from your root partition. If this fails, please read the articles
Booten von der S.u.S.E. Boot-Diskette.
Notfalldiskette erstellen
Once you're in the system, change the file /etc/lilo.conf
such that it contains
the correct root partition. Enter the command lilo
and reboot the system in order
to test the configuration.
For further information see the article Linux über 1024 Zylinder
linux.bat
), a wrong parameter for the root partition is specified.
It is also possible, that there is a wrong root partition in the file c:\loadlin\linux.par
.
Please only specify the device-name WITHOUT leading /dev/
in LINUX.BAT
, e.g.
c:\loadlin> linux hda5
Also the following article might contain some important information : Adaptec 2940 mit DOS und loadlin
In SCSI systems both the SCSI disk support and the low level drivers must be compiled directly into the kernel and may not be compiled as a module.
Therefore : Boot the system with the bootdisk that comes with S.u.S.E. Linux or - even better -
the bootdisk that was created during the installation. In the first case, after having loaded the
necessary modules, choose the menu item Boot installed system
. This way you can boot
from your root partition.
Now reconfigure, compile and install the kernel (see manual).
Please procede like in the previous topic and choose support for EIDE devices.
Boot the system with the bootdisk that comes with S.u.S.E. Linux or - even better -
the bootdisk that was created during the installation. In the first case, after having loaded the
necessary modules, choose the menu item Boot installed system
. This way you can boot
from your root partition.
Compile and install a kernel, that has support for the ELF binary format. This support may NOT be activated as a module !
Boot the system with the bootdisk that comes with S.u.S.E. Linux or - even better -
the bootdisk that was created during the installation. In the first case, after having loaded the
necessary modules, choose the menu item Boot installed system
. This way you can boot
from your root partition.
Compile and install a kernel, that has support for the EXT2 filesystem. This support may NOT be activated as a module !
/etc/lilo.conf
wasn't updated
or lilo wasn't executed. As a result the correct kernel won't be started or
the wrong root partition is being used.
Whenever you copy a new kernel to the Root-directory /
,
lilo
MUST be executed. Otherwise it won't
find the new kernel. If the new kernel has a name, that is not yet listed
in /etc/lilo.conf
, you will also have to adapt this file.
Boot the system with the bootdisk that comes with S.u.S.E. Linux or - even better -
the bootdisk that was created during the installation. In the first case, after having loaded the
necessary modules, choose the menu item Boot installed system
. This way you can boot
from your root partition.
Make sure that /etc/lilo.conf
fits your needs, then execute lilo
.
An indication for such failures are frequent read-/write-errors or defective boot sectors.
If one of the devices is really broken, the only solution is to replace it.
Keywords: ROOT, FS, ROOTFS, FILESYSTEM, DATEISYSTEM, MOUNT, KERNEL PANIC, KERNEL, PANIC, VFS
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