Kernel panic while booting after kernel update...

[hoppel]

Hi,

I just made a fresh installation of Felicia on my parents computer, enabled all sources in /etc/apt/sources.list and installed all updates. This brought me a kernel number of ***.11 instead of ***.7 which has been the default one. Unfortunately the computer now refuses to boot with that new kernel (while it still works with the default one). I get the error message:

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starting up - kernel panic - not syncing: vfs: unable to mount root fs on unknown block"

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I'd like to know, whether this is a general problem with that specific kernel - so I would have to downgrade - or whether there might be a problem which I can solve otherwise. I remember that I got some error messages during the installation process, so maybe there's a external problem not related to that kernel...

[bLe]

hi ,
i have the same problem ...

cu

[rivenought]

You guys may wish to roll back to the default kernel. It is always risky when enabling the Level 4 and 5 packages. Unless there is a specific feature you absolutely and positively must have in the new kernel, sticking with the default is most likely your best bet. Good luck.

[lakehousetech]

No doubt. Just edit the menu.lst file and remove the new kernel so it's out of site/out of mind.