XP & BackTrack 3 Dual Boot Problem

Luke_82 · 01-21-2008, 05:02 AM

Hi, i've XP PRO but i need BackTrack as well so i decided for dual boot. I've installed BT3 on my external hard drive. When i finished instalation i've took out the live cd and restart the copmuter. I choose booting from my external hard drive and lilo appear. then i pressed enter and linux started loading up and on the black screen i always have a message :

VFS: Cannot open root device "832" or unknown-block(8,50)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not symcing: FVS: Unable to mount root fs on unkn
I spent like 4 days looking on google and still nothing so what's wrong?

joethehax0r · 10-28-2009, 06:15 PM

Sounds like your boot loader is looking in the wrong place or not finding your MBR. I followed these instructions and got it working no problem:

http://www.computereverything.net/20...ux-windows-xp/

shuuhen · 10-28-2009, 08:28 PM

Please avoid posting in very old threads.

01-21-2008, 05:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Luke_82 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP PRO, BackTrack 3	XP & BackTrack 3 Dual Boot Problem Hi, i've XP PRO but i need BackTrack as well so i decided for dual boot. I've installed BT3 on my external hard drive. When i finished instalation i've took out the live cd and restart the copmuter. I choose booting from my external hard drive and lilo appear. then i pressed enter and linux started loading up and on the black screen i always have a message : VFS: Cannot open root device "832" or unknown-block(8,50) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not symcing: FVS: Unable to mount root fs on unkn I spent like 4 days looking on google and still nothing so what's wrong?

10-28-2009, 06:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
joethehax0r Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Backtrack 4, Ubuntu, XP, Vista, Windows 7	Re: XP & BackTrack 3 Dual Boot Problem Sounds like your boot loader is looking in the wrong place or not finding your MBR. I followed these instructions and got it working no problem: http://www.computereverything.net/20...ux-windows-xp/

10-28-2009, 08:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 980 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Re: XP & BackTrack 3 Dual Boot Problem Please avoid posting in very old threads. __________________ Has it been a few days since I replied to your thread? Don't panic! I'm a busy college student and may forget a post if I'm extra busy (or it might just take me a while to be able to do a decent reply). If you still need help and are awaiting my reply after a few days, PM me about it. When posting what errors you get, please give the full message. It makes helping you much easier.