plz reply-Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0, 0)

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Greetings,

gowtham p wrote:
>  /I get the following error when trying to install Fedora Core 4 on an
>  AMD Geode processor through usb hard disk. i have fixed initrd and
>  loded the required modules but while booting i get following error..

>  / RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Kernel panic - not
>  syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) /// /what
>  to do? //

Well the above message indicates that it can't mount the root filesystem .
Try a text mode installation but at the begining instead of  simply 
pressing
Enter  use the command

linux   preload=module , where module , is the appropriate module for the
usb disk that you are trying to use . Another remark is that although
you are loading the appropriate module the kernel doesn't seem to correctly
identify the usb disk , so it refers to it with the term "unknown-block(0,0)


Kind Regards,
  Kostas