On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 20:28:22 -0700, "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Help!
>
> I'm running Mandrake's Linux for Windows, and all of a sudden I cannot boot up
> Linux. Boot screens show:
>
> request_module[block-major-7]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device 07:07
> Kernal Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root FS on 07:07
>
> I did nothing in Linux that I know of; it's possible my daughter booted into
> Linux by mistake and turned off the power to get out of it. (It's hard to get
> a confession out of a 9 year old!)
>
> I added memory since the last time I booted Linux, and I was experimenting
> with a USB tape drive in Windows, but did nothing about it in Linux. And I
> tried removing the USB tape drive and rebooting Linux, to no avail.
>
> I can boot up to an Linux install disk and get to the rescue mode. What do I
> do there?
I don't know about this specific error, but I have found that Google and Google
Groups can be great for searching for this kind of thing. Go to them and try
entering something like "Unable to mount root FS on 07:07".
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan
The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall.
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