From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Kernel panic while installing GuixSD Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:03:58 +0100 Message-ID: <87bn88tp2p.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38972) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO4E1-0007pc-LB for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:04:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO4Dy-0000ON-Fj for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:04:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Kabelo Moiloa's message of "Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:25:43 +0200") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Kabelo Moiloa Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Hi, Kabelo Moiloa skribis: > I copied the installation image onto my USB flash drive. When I tried to > boot it, I got the following kernel panic.: > kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block > (0,1). Could you report the error messages that show up before that one? It seems that the initialization code failed to locate the device that contains the installation image. TIA, Ludo=E2=80=99.