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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). ===