Kernel installation problem!

[Andrew_Bob]

I installed a new kernel 2.6.18 into my note book to upgrade my old kernel.
Installaing looks, work well. But when i reboot the new kernel, the error is
"Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0)".
what is the problem? Can somebody help?
Andrew

[RobinVossen]

This aint a Kernel Problem if i recall correctly.
Post your Grub/Lilo Config here.
And you /etc/fstab

[stoked]

Actually what you can do is open up and terminal window and cd /usr/src/linux-(kernelversion). after cd /usr/src to find out your kernel version you can type ls -l. Then type sudo update-initramfs -c -k (your kernel version) this command will create an initrd.img-kernelversion for your kernel and update grub accordingly. Restart and try again. If you do not have initramfs-tools installed do so beforehand. In a terminal type sudo apt-get install initramfs-tools.

[Andrew_Bob]

Hi all,
thanks for your help. I go to the /boot/grub/menu.lst
then I copy some text of the default kernel menu( previuos kernel)
and paste to the new kernel menu to be the same as those in the old kernel.
Now it works
thanks

[RobinVossen]

Not a Problem

Enjoy ur new Kernel in Linux..

Cheers,
Robin