[K12OSN] K12LTSP 5.0.0 Release Candidate #4

Edward Holcroft edward at netday.org.za
Thu Aug 3 07:31:01 UTC 2006


>
> 1. Boys and Girls Club Update
>
> At the BGC of Hawaii, I just updated our FC3-based install.  Yes,  
> after more than two years of heavy teenage use, this lab is still  
> chugging.  I did a clean install of K12LTSP5rc1, and all but two of  
> the clients rebooted with the following message
>
> RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown- 
> block(1,0)
>
> What's perplexing is that all the clients are in the same switch  
> and are the same architecture.  I am updating the packages tonight,  
> but as it stands the default install has some issues.
>

I am getting this same error and will be very interested to know how  
you solve it. Will run a yum update today to see if that resolves  
anything. I found that it occurs on clients with rtl8139 etherboot  
cards. My 3c905 PXE cards work fine.

cheers
ed

Edward Holcroft
Executive Director: NetDay South Africa




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