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Re: [LUG] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,8)

 

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Julian Hall wrote:

> Julian Hall wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
>
> >As you can tell from the subject this is a nasty problem. Can anyone
> >advise please how to recover from this? Prior to this all I was doing
> >was setting up Samba shares using Webmin. The laptop is where the
> >error has come up on reboot, but I haven't even managed to share
> >anything on that yet. All I've done so far is get the laptop to see
> >the shares I've enabled on the desktop.
>
> >The only other thing that could even possibly have any bearing is that
> >the laptop dual-boots with Windows 2000. Sometimes it refuses to
> >enable to touchpad and keyboard forcing a hardware shtdown. It had
> >just done that, however it's done it many many times before and not
> >once affected Linux in this way.
>
> >Any ideas please?
>
> >Kind regards,
>
> >Julian
>
>
> Bit more info if it helps:
>
> Distro: Xandros 3.0 OCE
> boot using LILO
> selected menu item (Xandros)
> then I get:
>
> BIOS data check successful
> Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the kernel
> audit(1143836280.4294966570.0): initialized
> Using /modules/splashFXmod.ko
> Using /modules/mbcache.ko
> Using /modules/ide-disk.ko
> Using /modules/ext2.ko
> sh: error opening /proc/software_suspend/do_resume: No such file or
> directory
>
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(3, 8)
>
> Please bear in mind I have no idea what most of that means, I've just
> copied it off the screen of the laptop in the hope someone can explain
> how the heck to get my system back (preferably without reinstalling as
> the Cardbus config to get the wireless up and running is a total
> *nightmare*
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian

Any suggestions, please?  I really don't want to have to reinstall
Linux *again*, which regrettably I've found to be required more often
than Windows!

Kind regards,

Julian

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