User:Kittybriton

2007-06-28T20:42:20Z

Kittybriton:

As of right now (28th June 2007) I am a total newcomer to Linux. I have a little prior experience with Unix, more with DOS, lots with Windows, and am absolutely sick to death of being beholden to Microsoft.

Kernel panic

2007-06-28T14:55:04Z

Kittybriton: /* Q:How to solve kernel panic in Knoppix ? */

In Linux, a panic is an unrecoverable system error detected by the kernel as opposed to similar errors detected by user space code. It is possible for kernel code to indicate such a condition by calling the panic function located in the header file sys/systm.h. However, most panics are the result of unhandled processor exceptions in kernel code, such as references to invalid memory addresses. These are typically indicative of a bug somewhere in the call chain leading up to the panic.

==== Q:How to solve kernel panic in Knoppix ? ====
(partial) A:
When you boot from CD and are at the first prompt, enter the cheatcode "failsafe", which turns off some of the hardware detection. This might get you a little farther. I discovered that Knoppix appears to be trying to page to one of my CD-RW drives, causing a kernel panic.

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I am a new user (and not terribly geeky), booting from CDR.
Everything goes fine, but when I boot I get the error message:

<div class="messagebox" style="border:1px solid #aaa; float: left; width: 500px; padding-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;">'''Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 01:03</div>

and can't get any further. I have to shut down and reboot (Windows or Knoppix).

--[[User:Kittybriton|Kittybriton]] 14:55, 28 Jun 2007 (UTC)

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