CentOS 5 :: VFS - Cannot Open Root Device
Mar 22, 2011
I have added CentOS5.5 x86-64 to a linux box that already contains installations of Ubuntu 9 and SL 5.2. Grub2 was installed with Ubuntu and is on the MBR of the disk. I did not install grub with anaconda/Cent. Grub update in ubuntu finds the Cent install and addes it to the grub.conf, and Cent appears in the grub menu at boot. If I select Cent, I get the following error.
VFS: Cannot open root device "sda7" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Below is the output of boot_info_script, which gives the relevant boot file data. There are still grub conf files on the SL install, but grub is not installed there anymore.
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in partition #6 for /boot/grub .....
sda3/boot/grub/grub.conf:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd1,2)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdb3
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
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Oct 25, 2010
I have a redhat ES3 I want virtualized.the virtual machine encounters a problem starting when it is virtualized
There are this message :
RAMDISK : couldn't find valid RAM Disk image Starting at 0.
VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or 00:00
please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
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Nov 5, 2010
Installed Maverick last night... the system has been working fine all day... then on a reboot tonight got the following.
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usb 1-2: new high speed usb device using ehci_hcd and address 2
uncompression error
VFS: Cannot open root device "mapper/mylaptop-root" or unknown-block(0,0)
[code]....
Then it gives the Kernel Panic
Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
Pid: 1, comm: swapper not tainted 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu
Then a call trace...This is a brand new install of Maverick I copied my files onto a USB and did a fresh install on the whole drive using the alternate CD (the desktop and netbook editions both failed to read on my system) was previously using Karmic with no issues. I tried to e2fsck the dev/sda1 from the CD in "repair broken system" mode but the return was "clean" I read that as the file system being intact but this is an area that I have no real knowledge in.
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When booting up my IBM Thinkpad Ubuntu stalls giving the following messages:
Cannot open root device "uuid=58a5831c-5757-49f8.....
Kernal Panic - not syncing: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block
Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying to access hardware directly.
I am or was using Hardy.
It seems to me that the program is telling me it can't find the hard drive or the partition where the OS resides. I have my drive partitioned with into sections for booting, the OS and my Home directory.
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I have been trialling Slack 13.1 on a spare 32b system for a couple of weeks, and today I took the plunge and put it on my main machine. I completely re-partitioned the drive (using the Slack disk) and installed Windows7 on one partition and Slack 13.1 on another. The install worked fine and I tested that it boots from LILO into both Windows and Slack perfectly. I then ran:
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
And since then it fails to boot with the following:
Code:
VFS: Cannot open root device "802" or unknown block(8,2)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
0840 488386584 sde driver: sd
0841 97659103 sde1
0842 19535040 sde2
0843 498015 sde3
[Code]....
I have seen many, many similar problems when searching Google but they all seem to be caused by different things.
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Jun 7, 2010
I am using a kernel with no initrd. I have had this kind of panic before. Usually it means that the kernel can access the hard drive because the driver for the controller or filesystem isn't built into the kernel.
The kernel is 2.6.34 vanilla.
My IDE controller is a Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 5513, and I built the driver for it into the kernel BLK_DEV_SIS5513=y
My /boot (hda1) is ext2, and everything else is ext3
EXT2_FS=y
EXT3_FS=y
My grub entry (hda2 is my root partition) kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2
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I just noticed, on both of my CentOS 5.3 servers, within grub, root shows (fd0)device.map = (hd0) /dev/sda and nothing else.
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I was looking at the root filesystem folder for mounting a device when I noticed extra folders. I'm using an encrypted filesystem so I'm not sure if it's that, a break in or the default Red Hat layout. I searched these forums and Google to no avail on extra folders. The root system contains the following:
bin {fda00e13-8c62-4f63-9d19-d168115b11ca} media opt selinux usr
boot home misc proc srv var
dev lib mnt root sys
etc lost+found net sbin tmp
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Dec 5, 2010
Trying to complete a RAID 1 mirror on a running system and have run into a wall at the last part. I can't add the active physical disk to the mirror. This is on a Centos 5.6 x86_64 system. Anybody know where to go from here? I've tried adding the nodmraid line to the kernel boot line with no luck. Tried removing the logical volumes from LVM, but it won't let me. Not a Linux newbie, but haven't set up a RAID in a long time.
[root@blackbox-0-2-e3-23-72-c5 ~]# mdadm /dev/md1 --add /dev/sda2
mdadm: Cannot open /dev/sda2: Device or resource busy
Here's output from fdisk -l:
[root@blackbox-0-2-e3-23-72-c5 ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
[code]....
Here's mdadm.conf:
[root@blackbox-0-2-e3-23-72-c5 ~]# cat /etc/mdadm.conf
ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=3c6f7354:b9bfc86a:aa9d0dfb:cdd51bd8
ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=31ee55ba:be3b3606:974ac87d:627435a9
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Jun 21, 2009
VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unkown-block(202,17)
append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic not syncing
VFS: unable to mount root FS on unkown-block(202,17)
I have a Dell xps with a dual core, 8 gigs ram, a primary hard drive with vista on it, and a secondary with linux in its future. It starts loading vmlinuz but ends up with the kernel panic before anything else. I am able to install earlier cores (5-8) and vista recognizes the ram just fine.
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Apr 16, 2011
I got a problem with my kernel. The initramfs source is busybox, python and gcc from ubuntu. The busybox have i compiled it self. Python and gcc is from /usr/bin. I gonna install my kernel on a i586 machine. Old yes. On the xTerm (termial) it stand "root device 8,1).
Quote:
VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknow-block(0,0) append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.38.3 #1
Call trace: This is my syslinux.cfg
default menu.c32
prompt 0
menu title BOOTLOADER
[code]....
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Nov 29, 2010
I got a HP LH 3000.Current OS release is RH9 2.4.20,and I wanna update it to RH9 2.6.5 While updating,I met the problem followed:
VFS:Cannot open root device "hdxy" or unknow-block(0,0)
Followed are packages I used:
device-mapper-1.00.19-2.i386.rpm
linux-2.6.5.tar.bz2
mkinitrd-4.1.18-2.i386.rpm
lvm2-2.00.25-1.01.i386.rpm
module-init-tools-3.2.tar.bz2
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Nov 14, 2009
Currently running rc2. Downloaded 11.2 final DVD, md5sum is good, burned DVD, YaST says media check is good. (And for completeness burned a second DVD and get the same problem.)
On booting from the DVD I select "Installation" - a kernel loads and starts checking available h/w devices then crashes with the above message.
Followed by Please append a correct "root=" boot option.
Tried with root=sda1 (partition that is /) and only change is unknown-block (0,0)
My best guess is that I have EXT4 (did a clean install of RC2)? And/or I dont have a swap partition?
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Sep 26, 2010
Ubuntu 10.04.1 to prepare a USB flash drive for use as installation media for a new computer that's on the way. When the Linux kernel tries booting up on the flash drive, I get an error saying VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,1).Here's how I got to this point...Created bootable partition on the thumb drive.Put the following files onto the flash drive: initrd.gz, vmlinuz, and ubuntu-10.04.1-server-amd64.iso fromhttp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ages/hd-media/Install Grub2 to the drive via grub-install.Put the following into boot/grub/grub.cfg:
Code:
set timeout=120
set default=0
[code]....
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I have been working with a project pc. I have a new HD loaded with Linspire. After loading the o/s I replaced the motherboard and cpu. I now have a Biostar A780L (Didn't see it listed on the HCL) and an AMD Athalon II Multi-Core Processor. Now when the pc boots I get an error:VFS: Cannot open root device "343" or 03:43 append a correct "root" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount the root fs on 03:43 I tried reloading the o/s but the disk won't read from the DVD ROM. Checked my BIOS and it appears to me that it should read from the DVD ROM first but it goes to the HD and tries to load the o/s there.
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I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 from a USB flash memory stick. It works fine until around 95%, where I get the following warning/error:
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I click OK and the installer seems to finish nicely, except the terminal throws several errors along these lines (see photo):
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I tried also with 10.04 LTS, the difference being that the install warning appears two or three times instead of once. Some results from googling (Ubuntu Forums, Ubiquity bug) suggest unchecking the initial update options. I am going to try this but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the boot loader right (there seemed to be problems with this).
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Jun 11, 2011
I rebooted my server and out of nowhere the RAID5 array won't assemble. I've tried everything I could think of to reassemble the thing. I fear that the array is ruined, but I can't imagine how. Here are various bits of information: The simplest failure (with and without partition numbers, which have not been needed in the past):
Code:
richard@nas:~$ sudo mdadm --assemble --verbose /dev/md0 /dev/sd[bcd]
mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0
mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdb: Device or resource busy
[code]...
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Jan 22, 2010
An old machine in our office, running Ubuntu 6.06 all of a sudden will not boot up. I get the following info during boot:
Uncompressing Linux... Ok Booting the kernel
mount: Mounting /root/sda1 /root failed: No such device
mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file or directory
[code]....
I haven't changed anything on the system as far as I'm aware, and I ran some HD diagnostics and everything seems fine. however when I try to mount the drive with the following command:
sudo mount -t ext3 -o rw /dev/hda1 /mnt
I get the following error:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
superblock on /dev/sda1, missing code
page or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in
syslog - try dmesg | tail or so
I ran fdisk -l and it says the partition type is Linux. The output after running dmesg | tail :
[12207.483801] init_special_inode: bogus i_mode (101)
[12207.483809] EXT2-fs: corrupt root inode, run e2fsck
[12260.427078] init_special_inode: bogus i_mode (101)
[code]...
Update: After running e2fsck -p /dev/sda1, I get the following info:
/dev/sda1: clean, 142449 / 9584640 files, 5402711 / 19161520 blocks
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Feb 18, 2011
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