when you turn on our pc do you see something that looks like this http://www.papaspyropoulos.com/img/ubuntu/DSC00722.jpg
that is where you select the kernel - if you can select the second an earlier one than the latest one that is installed it might work and you can get your files off or perhaps try a new upgrade On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:19 AM, ahamdan <[email protected]> wrote: > The message there "try booting from an older kernel". I don't know how > to do that. I am a user only. I can reinstall but I will lose my files > and updates which is pain. I hope the system have an online diagnoses > and fix. > > -- > Ubuntu 9.10 startup failure. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483406 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Ubuntu 9.10 startup failure. Message: > [ Linux - bzlmage, setup=0x3400, size=0x3b26e0] > [ 1.197053] kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on > unknown -block (8,1) > What should I do. plz help! > -- Ubuntu 9.10 startup failure. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483406 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
