[CentOS] Kernel Panic

Thu Dec 22 03:14:21 UTC 2011
Edward Martinez <edwardm1 at live.com>

On 12/21/11 17:54, TE Dukes wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Edward Martinez
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 9:29 PM
>> To: centos at centos.org
>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic
>>
>> On 12/21/11 15:55, TE Dukes wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Just upgrade to 6.2 but have not been able to run a newer
>> kernel than
>>> 2.6.32-131.12.1.el6.x86_64.
>>>
>>> I'm getting the error at boot, Not syncing: VFS Unable to
>> mount root
>>> fs on
>>> unknown-block(0,0)
>>>
>>> I have google this error and see a lot of the same but no
>> clear answers.
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> -Eddie
>>>
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>>       Have you read this? Somebody file a bug report about the
>> same error as yours, and it turned out  the error was caused
>> by a missing
>>
>>     initramfs. this may also be your case? issuing*dracut*creates it.
>>
>>      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632412
> Yes, I saw that but was afraid to run that because I don't know what it
> does.
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     http://people.redhat.com/harald/dracut.html#id496981

    
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initramfs#Initramfs_in_comparison_with_initrd