Hello, Dom a écrit : > On 07/07/12 00:08, Mike McClain wrote: >> >> While surely no expert I've been building my own kernels for >> a long time with little trouble but with a recent install of >> 'Squeeze' I'm stumped. I've built, reconfigured, built again for >> several days now. No joy. I've spent hours Googling for any and >> everybody's thoughts on the error: 'Kernel panic - not syncing: >> VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)' with little luck.
What are the lines preceding the error ? >> Is anyone running a custom kernel without an initrd with udev? Yes, I am. I am also running a custom kernel without an initrd and without udev (which was one purpose of the custom kernel, no dependency on udev). > Yes, I am. Although I believe there are some circumstances where this > may not be possible. eg. where something else needs to be started in > order to mount the root filesystem first. Such circumstances include : - root is on a software RAID (md) volume with 1.x meta-data - root is on an LVM volume - root is on an encrypted volume - root is specified by the bootloader as a LABEL or UUID >> Any tips, pointers will be appreciated. > > Make sure that *all* filesystem and device drivers for your root > partition are compiled directly into the kernel - not as modules. Also make sure that the root= option passed by the bootloader to the kernel command line specifies the root as a device name /dev/sdXY and not as a LABEL or UUID which the kernel does not understand. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
