[CentOS] Kernel Panic - SOLVED

[TE Dukes]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Edward Martinez
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 10:14 PM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic
> 
> On 12/21/11 17:54, TE Dukes wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org
> >> [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

Was using a ramdisk for /tmp. Removed it from fstab and re-installed the new
kernel.