Kernel Panic! Unable to mount root

[m_grommash]

Hi,

as the title says my Ubuntu shows:
„KERNEL PANIC!
Please reboot your computer.
VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)”.
This happened after I closed the laptop lid (didn’t turn the laptop off) few hours ago, and when I came back home, the laptop was turned off - and after turning it on, the message appears every time.

Context: after closing the lid, I unplugged the charger, so I there’s a slight chance the laptop just ran out of battery, because my battery is pretty weak.
Some googling says there’s a chance my data have been corrupted because of this - and thats the reason why this happened.

But is that true?
And what do I do next?
Any help would be appreciated

 

[blizzardfromoz]

Hi,

as the title says my Ubuntu shows:
„KERNEL PANIC!
Please reboot your computer.
VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)”.
This happened after I closed the laptop lid (didn’t turn the laptop off) few hours ago, and when I came back home, the laptop was turned off - and after turning it on, the message appears every time.

Context: after closing the lid, I unplugged the charger, so I there’s a slight chance the laptop just ran out of battery, because my battery is pretty weak.
Some googling says there’s a chance my data have been corrupted because of this - and thats the reason why this happened.

But is that true?
And what do I do next?
Any help would be appreciated

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[Brickwizard]

If its a post 2010 laptop and is charged, disconnect from mains, press and hold power button down for 60 seconds, release and try switching on again [this normally will purge the capacitors and reset the bios],

in plain English, a Kernel panic is usually caused when the Kernel has issued an instruction to the CPU to start something, the CPU then issues the instructions to whatever [say graphics chip] which then starts and tells the Kernel via the CPU its ,OK and working, if the Kernel doesn't get that reply in a set number of milliseconds it stops and issues a panic notice

 

[m_grommash]

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this one helped. thanks!

 

[m_grommash]

If its a post 2010 laptop and is charged, disconnect from mains, press and hold power button down for 60 seconds, release and try switching on again [this normally will purge the capacitors and reset the bios],

in plain English, a Kernel panic is usually caused when the Kernel has issued an instruction to the CPU to start something, the CPU then issues the instructions to whatever [say graphics chip] which then starts and tells the Kernel via the CPU its ,OK and working, if the Kernel doesn't get that reply in a set number of milliseconds it stops and issues a panic notice

Thank you Brickwizard, I still remember you helping me with initial installation of this specific Ubuntu Tried your approach, it didn’t work, but I still appreciate your help man, youre the best