Help: Kernel Panic: VFS unable to mount root fs

Help: Kernel Panic: VFS unable to mount root fs

Post by twinso » Tue, 18 May 1999 04:00:00



I installed RH 6.0 successfully several times on my ACER Notebook TravelMate
720TX.

However, every time after booting PC the second or third time into Linux,
the following error occurs and Linux stops right there at boot time:

VFS: Cannot open root device 00:30
Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to open root fs on 00:30

Can any expert please advise the cause of the problem?

Thanks in advance.

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