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 Kernel Panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(8,2) Kernel Panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(8,2)
 </code> and this means you will have to build an //initrd// or "Initial Ram Disk" containing the required modules. The location of the initrd is then added in the appropriate section of ''/etc/lilo.conf'' so that the kernel can find it when it boots, and is able to load the drivers it needs to access your disks. </code> and this means you will have to build an //initrd// or "Initial Ram Disk" containing the required modules. The location of the initrd is then added in the appropriate section of ''/etc/lilo.conf'' so that the kernel can find it when it boots, and is able to load the drivers it needs to access your disks.
-Creating an initrd is quite simple, and I will show two cases here, one in care you have a Reiser filesystem on your root partition, and the second for the case you have an ext3 filesystem. I assume a 2.6.37.6 kernel in these example commands, if your new kernel is different, change the version number as appropriate.+Creating an initrd is quite simple, and I will show two cases here, one in case you have a Reiser filesystem on your root partition, and the second for the case you have an ext3 filesystem. I assume a 2.6.37.6 kernel in these example commands, if your new kernel is different, change the version number as appropriate.
  
   * Change into the /boot directory: <code>   * Change into the /boot directory: <code>
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