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Hi, I've only ever come across a kernel panic once - but did manage to find the source of the problem, and fix it! Does your windows share work ok? I had a similar setup, but also had random freezes on my windows share which led me to believe it was a hardware problem, not a software problem. The cause: faulty PSU. The fix: replace it. Might not help at all, but hopefully it does! Ed. On Saturday 01 Apr 2006 10:45, Julian Hall wrote: > 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 > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: > www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- Ed Rackham Managing Director EDSA Designs - www.edsadesigns.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html