[SWLUG] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3, 8)

[Peter Prior]

>> Bit more info if it helps:
>>
>> Distro: Xandros 3.0 OCE boot using LILO selected menu item
>> (Xandros) then I get:
>>
>> BIOS data check successful Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the
>> kernel audit(1143836280.4294966570.0): initialized Using
>> /modules/splashFXmod.ko Using /modules/mbcache.ko Using
>> /modules/ide-disk.ko Using /modules/ext2.ko sh: error opening
>> /proc/software_suspend/do_resume: No such file or directory
>>
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on
>> unknown-block(3, 8)
>>

Reading up, it looks like the kernel loads the ext2 file system and then 
tries to run some funky software resume shit and fails... as this is in 
/proc (a virtual filesystem created dynamically by the kernel) it seems 
the running kernel doesn't have support for software resume.

Try booting the kernel with the "noresume" kernel option and see if it 
boots successfully.

Pete