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KERNEL PANIC!!! Need Help

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SAJChurchey:
Well,

After about a year of using Linux, I finally got my first kernel panic. What does it mean to have a kernel panic, and what does this one in particular mean?

 
quote:
    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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And more importantly, how do i fix this one in particular?

Master of Reality:
this happens when you start up? Is this right after installing or editing your bootloader? What bootloader do you use? What Linux do you use?

slave:
It looks like you screwed up your lilo/grub boot loader somehow!  I hope you made a boot floppy, but if not, then you can (most likely) use your linux install CD as a rescue disk.

Master of Reality:
it will be easy to fix. I just need to know which bootlaoder you use, which distro, and do you know which patition you installed linux on?

Master of Reality:
you could do that^, or you good do it the easy way. If you know your root partition and if using grub then just choose the edit option when the bootloader comes up and add "root=/dev/hd*" where * = the root partition.

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