On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 3:54 AM, Mark Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > > I ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade this morning on an old server > (Debian Squeeze) and the system won't boot now. I get the error > > kernel panic not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown -block(0,0) > > One of the updates was to kernel 2.6.32-5-686. I can boot in to safe mode > with this kernel, and the upgrade wiped out the older version of the kernel. > > I have googled for possible solutions, but nothing helpful is popping up. I > am also running grub, and not grub2, but that is OK for this kernel according > to debian.org.
Are the "root" and "kernel" lines of the regular and recovery lines diffeent (other than the recovery kernel line having "single" added)? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sywd4bbcj+nn7fghs_wrqjfv43tb1abr1jnp8g4ur2...@mail.gmail.com
