crcr error - kernel panic under install

[CobraM]

Why do I get this error under install of Fedora Core 2? I've tried to get help on IRC, but no one understood the problem. I also met another guy with the same problem as me:

crcr error
VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block (72,3)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (72,3)

[Thoreau]

me!

yeah i had the same problem, 1st it was my HD, got a "new" one(old WD 3gig) and that stopped the VFS error, but i still got the crc error when setup tried to unpack the kernel... So i switched out my CD-rom drive, and it worked like a charm...i hope this helps

[pheuque]

Have got the same problem, is definitely neither the CD (drive) nor the memory ... (but might me th HD, brand new 160 GB IBM, but why on earth?)

And I have the problem with all 2.6.x kernel-based distros (FC 2, SuSE 9.1, ...)

:(

[CobraM]

Yes. Me too. All kernel 2.6.x-distro's.


I have 1x120GB WDC and 2x160GB WDC.

[Jman]

Sounds like the 2.6 kernel partition table weirdness again.

See this (http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2471).

[pheuque]

As I have posted earlier I get the crc error with FC 2 and SuSE 9.1 But debian (sarge testing) with a 2.6.3 kernel works without any problems ...

So it is not necessarily the fault of the 2.6.x kernel ...