• Registered: 2012-02-05
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Topic: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

When I boot the CD, if I try to do the Graphic Install, then the screen just goes black and does nothing.

I tried text install, and got the following errors

Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(254,32)

and then nothing happens.


When I try to boot into the live environment or w/e I only get the first error and it still halts.

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Re: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

Have you checked the md5 of the cd?  The cd may be corrupt.

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  • Registered: 2012-02-05
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Re: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

chaanakya wrote:

Have you checked the md5 of the cd?  The cd may be corrupt.

Well I've checked the md5 of the .iso and it is the correct one. I don't know how to check the md5 of the actual CD. Also this happens with every distro I try to install.

These are the settings I used to burn the CD with Alcohol 120% if it matters

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Re: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

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Re: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

Maybe try it again with a lower write speed?  It is usually recommended to burn at as slow a speed as the software and hardware will allow.

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Re: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

Yep, take the minimum speed to burn the CD always.

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Re: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

I tried burning at the minimum speed available by that program (16x), and I got the same errors.

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Re: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

^ Alcohol 120% only offers a minimum of 16x ? afaik the minimum burning speed should just be 1x... what's up with that?

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Re: Install Errors: Initramfs and VFS: unable to mount root fs

Could you try another program to burn?

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