kernel panic

[cecchetto]

i had this problem after trying to install bootsplash

RAMDISK: Could't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
UDF-fs: No partition found(1)
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,9)

i am currently trying to fix it with gentoo liveCD but i really don't know where to solve that!?!

can anyone please help me??!?

[pi314]

first things you should do is to boot with your liveCD and change into the chroot like you had done it at your first gentoo-installation (of course skip the parts where you create filesystems and the like;-)

after this restore your old lilo/grub config before your tried it with bootsplash (if you had done some kernel changes than it is a good idea to restore a backup of your old kernel (or you should compile a new one with options you are sure they are working)

now you should run lilo/grub so that you have a running system again. Leave your chroot like you done it with your first install, reboot and be happy to have a running system.

now it is time to give bootsplash a new try. Do some research here in the forums to hopefully figure out what had gone wrong. Maybe you will have a look at this howto: The Gentoo Framebuffer, Bootsplash & Grubsplash How-To

and this time make sure that you keep a running fallback kernel just for the case you breake your new config again
if you use lilo than it is best to add your new kernel to the config (leaving the default value pointing to your old kernel) run lilo, than "lilo -R newkernel", reboot and if anything goes wrong than simply reboot/reset again
if you are using grub than it's o so cool command line interface will surely help you - it has never helped me because I have nothing exept two network and one powerkable connected to my servers - so you need to ask someone else how to do that if you need it

good luck
pi

[dort]

OK, pi314 was a bit faster and mentioned about restarting with the
liveCD. And pointed you to the The Gentoo Framebuffer, Bootsplash & Grubsplash How-To.

From this I guess the problem is either:
with your kernel options (I presume 2.6):