I'm trying to install Ubuntu 16.04.2 on my laptop and i keep getting the following error " Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0) "
I was running Kodibuntu [previously and before that i was running windows 10.
i was getting the error and i thought it was a hard drive issue so i installed a new hard drive and im getting the same error.
It is a Toshiba Satellite laptop.
Please help.
11 Answer
Please follow below steps and check again. Start with a livecd, open the terminal,
sudo fdisk -l
sudo mount /dev/sdax /mnt
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
sudo chroot /mnt
and now you can make update-initramfs and update-grub without errors.
update-initramfs -u -k 2.6.38-8-generic (or your version)
If you don't know your kernel version. Use:
dpkg --list | grep linux-image
And just update Grub.
update-grub2
Reboot your system and have a check.
