[coLinux-users] Problem with mounting root partition after upgrade

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        Hi all,

I have a problem with my two coLinux installations after migrating to new
versions. In the first case (MS Windows XP Home Edition SP1, notebook) I
upgraded from coLinux version 0.6.3 to 0.6.4 a few days ago. In the second
case (MS Windows XP Professional SP2, server) I upgraded another installation
from coLinux version 0.6.4 to 0.6.4-2. In both cases a have a problem with
mounting root file system. Error message follows:

...
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).

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# This process will install (if necessary) the coLinux modules for the
# coLinux kernel.
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Determining /, Found.
Mounting /
mount: Mounting /dev/cobd0 on /mnt/linux failed: No such device
Closing /
umount: forced umount of (null) failed!
Failed. (trying again)
umount: forced umount of (null) failed!

initrd: umount failed on rootfs
Try to run coLinux without initrd. Comment out initrd from configuation.

Press <Enter> to continue.


I tried to comment out initrd section, but I got this another error message:

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EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
VFS: Cannot open root device "cobd0" or unknown-block(117,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(117,0)

I spend few days with searching for help or advice on Google. Unfortunately
I didn't find any useful info. I hadn't any problem with coLinux installations
many months - it was pretty stable. The reason for upgrade was periodical
system maintenance. I wanted to upgrade my installations and then keep it
them for next few months. These strange errors appear after upgrade. Now
I am not able to use none of my coLinux installations.

I tried to remove/reinstall or downgrade both installations to previous
versions, but without any success. So, I didn't change anything in
configuration file for longtime. Does anyone have some idea or advice for
me? Please, help. Thanks.

Marek