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Re: Kernel panic
Christian wrote:
> I'm at step 14 of Jari's HOWTO (Section "7.6. Example 6 - Boot from
> CD-ROM + encrypted root partition").
>
> Before encrypting my data with the rescue CD, I wanted to test the CD
> burned at step 13e. However, I get a kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount
> root fs on ram0.
>
> Is this an expected error since nothing is encrypted yet?
That is not expected. That CD-ROM will not work ok. Most likely boot loader
is misconfigured or kernel does not support ram disks.
> How can I make sure that the CD will work after my data is encrypted?
Boot should proceed to "password:" prompt even if root partition is not yet
encrypted.
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