1 <qandaentry id="unable-to-mount-root">
2 <question><para>Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs</para></question>
3 <answer><para>There several reasons why the kernel might be unable to
4 mount the root filesystem.
7 <listitem><para>Did you specify the correct partition in
8 <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename>?
10 <listitem><para>Did you remember to rerun lilo after changing
11 <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename>?
14 <listitem><para>Is support for the hard drive enabled in the kernel.
15 For SCSI this means support for the specific SCSI adapter.
17 <listitem><para>Is support for the hard drive compiled into the kernel,
19 (Modules are stored on the filesystem.
20 If a driver needed to access the filesystem is stored as a module on
21 that filesystem, well. . . you know. . . . ;)
24 <listitem><para>Is support for the filesystem compiled into the kernel.
26 Support for ext2 is enabled by default,
27 but others like ext3, reiser, jfs, and xfs are not.