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["Ivan Lezhnjov Jr." <ivan.lezhnjov.jr AT gmail.com>]

Saturday 19 July 2008, flux wrote:
> Ladislav Hagara (ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz) wrote [08.07.16 20:26]:
> > After installation I got only kernel panic. Problems to find root fs.
> > Something with scsi support. I had to boot install iso and recompile
> > kernel (added some scsi driver?).
> > There should be prepared also (optional) screen with kernel compiling
> > and installing.
>
> I was afraid of this happening. I have a feeling it's because the initrd
> on the ISO loaded the necessary modules to access your hardware before
> actually trying to access it. The installed kernel, on the other hand,
> does not (yet?) have such an accompanying initrd. I warned of this
> possible problem in the release announcement. Would you be able to find
> the exact error message?

Everything worked out fine for me except this very issue.

The exact message is:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,1)

This is an external SATA USB HDD hooked up to a desktop machine.

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