Need help with Boot up error message.

**RiverStan** · 02-29-2004, 01:15 AM

Trying to Boot from CD.... can do successfully from old system but get following error messages on current one...
initrd extends beyond end of memory (0x0bff>ad0> 0x0bff0000)
kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 0:01

Does anyone understand this???

And am I posting in the right place???

**rickenbacherus** · 02-29-2004, 06:14 PM

You can try passing this at boot:

mem=384M

Just change it to reflect your amount of RAM.

**RiverStan** · 03-01-2004, 01:36 PM

Thank you for suggestion. Have already tried that using
mem=256M
But didn't make any difference.

**RiverStan** · 03-02-2004, 03:26 PM

Yay!!!! Problem solved!!
Tried again using mem=230M... no luck... so tried again using mem=192M as have 64M shared with graphics.... no luck.... tried using mem=190M... just for the heck!!! and BINGO... it worked!!!!!!!
Shrug!!!!!