The exact same thing happened to me. I normally update anything available. The next time I swiched on my laptop the day after it gave me the same unable to boot error. Had to install from scratch. Good thing I backed up my data a week before but yeah it irritated me big time.
Carlo > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Clarke > Sent: Friday, 10 June 2005 11:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SLUG] Ubuntu kernel upgrade woes > > Hi all, > > Ubuntu released a new kernel yesterday, which I duly > installed with 'apt-get upgrade'. > > I'm used to keeping the old kernel in place until I've > verified that the new one boots (rpm allows two different > versions to be installed at the same time), but I couldn't > figure out how to do that with apt, so I just let it replace > the old one. No errors were reported so I rebooted. > > I know, I should have just told it to upgrade the 686-smp > kernel so that the 386 kernel was there in case anything went > wrong, but I realised a few seconds too late that I'd managed > to replace both known good kernels and had nothing to fall back on. > > You've probably guessed what happened next. Neither of the > new kernels would boot -- the error was "VFS: Unable to mount > root fs on unknown block (0,0)". I tried for about half an > hour to fix it, but without success, so I reinstalled from > scratch. It's not my favourite way to fix a problem, but I > figured it'd be the quickest way to get the system back up. > I hadn't done much since installing it last week all I've > lost is time. > > Once the installation had finished, I installed the 686-smp > kernel and rebooted. I expected it not too boot, but this > time it came up fine. > > > So, what did I do wrong during the upgrade (other than not > keeping a known good kernel around)? Is there some > additional magic required when upgrading kernels with > 'apt-get upgrade'? > > > Thanks, > > John > -- > COBOL is English like. That is, assuming that your English > has first been gang banged by a herd of irate kudzu and is > suffering from a digestive upset after consuming all the > Hydrogen Selenide. > -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - > http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: > http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > This message has been checked for all known viruses by the > MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information > visit http://www.Hi-Speed.net.au > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.hi-speed.net.au ________________________________________________________________________ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
