Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:51:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:51:32 -0500 Received: from UX3.SP.CS.CMU.EDU ([128.2.198.103]:18800 "HELO ux3.sp.cs.cmu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:51:22 -0500 Subject: Re: kernel panic From: Justin Carlson To: chiranjeevi vaka Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020219182754.68142.qmail@web21308.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020219182754.68142.qmail@web21308.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Or0vIouoPcyAg0iMr9cq" X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 19 Feb 2002 13:50:45 -0500 Message-Id: <1014144646.7832.6.camel@gs256.sp.cs.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-Or0vIouoPcyAg0iMr9cq Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > The problem is while booting the kernel with my newly > developed floppy, I am getting the error message >=20 > kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03 >=20 > I donno what to do. Is it some thing related to "make > xconfig" options or some other thing. Please give me > suggestion. I guess the obvious questions are: What kind of filesystem are you trying to mount as root? Have you checked whether a root argument is being passed to the kernel by whatever loader you're using? Did you inadvertently disable support for that kind of filesystem? If you're mounting root over NFS, did you disable support for=20 any of the networking options you might need? (like, say, kernel-level IP autoconfiguration). In short, what changed between the last configuration that worked, and this one that doesn't? =20 -Justin --=-Or0vIouoPcyAg0iMr9cq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA8cp6F47Lg4cGgb74RAi2JAJ9MEFHBw7HkOQbeDXGH9GvTaX4OxACdG5CQ 1aJrMYteskfhYF9AjZGG8EI= =AYDP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Or0vIouoPcyAg0iMr9cq-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/