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Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Problems
From: Bill Carlson <wcarlson@vh.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:44:55 -0500 (CDT)


On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, [iso-8859-1] Alessandro De Domenico wrote:

> Hi, 
> I have rebooting my Linux Machine after I update its Kernel and this is
> the error messages:
> 
>  VFS:Cannot open root device 08:05
>  Kernel Panic: VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 08:05
> 
> What is this?
> Help me!
> Please.
>

Sounds like you didn't include support in the kernel for the device your
root filesystem is on. Boot from a boot disk and fix it from there
(Slackware rescue disks are very handy for this). 

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