[wplug] Debian boot issues

[Nathan Embery]

Perhaps it's not loading the initrd.img, or it isn't built correctly for
some reason? It sounds like the module for the FS isn't getting found or
loaded...

A quick google turned this up:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rebuild-the-initial-ramdisk-image/ 

HTH,
Nate

On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 08:05 -0500, Weber, Lawrence A wrote:
>  I have been using Fedora distros for a long time but still keep
> around some older PC's to try out different Linux distributions.
> Lately I have been trying out Ubuntu and Debian.
>  
> I would really like to switch to Ubuntu but after I install Ubuntu
> 9.10 from a Ubuntu supplied disk, I get GRUB displayed and the load
> hangs up.  The hardware is old (P3) but is known to be
> good.  Fedora loads with no problems.
>  
> On another machine of the same type I have Debian loaded and it has
> been running fine for several months.  Weekly I check and install all
> updates offered.  After power cycling the PC, I find GRUB now offering
> six kernel options; 2.6.30.5.old, 2.6.30.5, and 2.6.26-2-686, each
> with a single user version.  When I try to boot any of the 2.6.30.5
> kernels, I get:
>  
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(0,0)
>  
> When I try the .26 version the boot progresses for awhile then hangs.
> If I read back in the screen info, I see it also seems to be having
> trouble mounting a fs.
>  
> Maybe Debbie and Ian don't like me.
>  
> 
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