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  • 1.  Kernel panic

    Posted Oct 21, 2009 02:13 PM

    I just installed vShpere 4.0 a few weeks ago. It was working fine until I shutdown the server for a few days. Now when I boot, it gives me: "[http://75.069279|http://75.069279] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)." The server just hangs. Of course, I had not setup backups yet. Is there a way to boot from the install DVD and recover from this? Fingers crossed...



  • 2.  RE: Kernel panic

    Posted Oct 21, 2009 02:17 PM

    have a look at the KB article as well, it may be useful

    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004797



  • 3.  RE: Kernel panic

    Posted Oct 21, 2009 02:45 PM

    That did it - what a huge relief! It booted. If only I knew what it happened in the first place...



  • 4.  RE: Kernel panic

    Posted Oct 21, 2009 02:49 PM

    glad to see you got it resolved

    taken from the KB article:

    The most common reason why this occurs is due to a misconfiguration of the boot parameters or a change in drivers which did not get updated correctly

     That did it - what a huge relief!  It booted.  If only I knew what it happened in the first place...
    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                
    
                                                
                                            
    
                                        
    

                                        
                                        

                                    
			
    

                                    
                                
    

                                
                                
    
                                
    
                            
		
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