ubuntu 10.04 instalation error

[ciscoboy]

Hello,

I tried to install ubuntu 10.04 using a USB based ubuntu. In the instalation, I specified to format the hard drive and reinstall the operating system from scratch. After the instalation, I got a screen with the following message:

[ 0,681603] Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS : unable to mount root fs on unknown - bloc (0,0)


Any idea of what it means, and/or how to change it?


Thanks!

Ciscoboy

[Hakunka-Matata]

If you can boot into an ubuntu liveCD, then post the output of these commands please:

sudo fdisk -l && sudo sfdisk -luS

[ciscoboy]

unfortunately, I'm running the live USB on a laptop that doesn't have a CD drive. Can I set up that command on a live USB?

[MAFoElffen]

unfortunately, I'm running the live USB on a laptop that doesn't have a CD drive. Can I set up that command on a live USB?
Yes... It's the same image / used the same way.

[Hakunka-Matata]

unfortunately, I'm running the live USB on a laptop that doesn't have a CD drive. Can I set up that command on a live USB?
Yes you can run it, you must open a Shell/Terminal window, then put that command in. Once it produces output, highlight, copy, and paste it into a reply for us to see.

[ciscoboy]

If you can boot into an ubuntu liveCD, then post the output of these commands please:Okay, here are the results, as requested. I hope that this is what you meant, and I appologise if it isn't;


Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000cc11c

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 18801 151012352 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18801 19458 5275649 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 18801 19458 5275648 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 16.5 GB, 16475226112 bytes
255 heads, 44 sectors/track, 2867 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 11220 * 512 = 5744640 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0c069ba3

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 2868 16088428 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sda: 19457 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.
Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 302026751 302024704 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 302028798 312580095 10551298 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda5 302028800 312580095 10551296 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 15712 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track
Warning: The partition table looks like it was made
for C/H/S=*/255/44 (instead of 15712/64/32).
For this listing I'll assume that geometry.
Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1320 32178175 32176856 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
start: (c,h,s) expected (0,30,1) found (0,20,61)
end: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,44) found (978,254,44)
/dev/sdb2 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/sdb3 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/sdb4 0 - 0 0 Empty




Thanks for your support!

Ciscoboy

[ciscoboy]

For anyone who had, has or will have this problem, I wanted to let know that I got an external CD drive and installed ubuntu on my computer, solving the problem I had.