Kernel panic when PXE booting HP D325 workstation

  • Document ID:3351925
  • Creation Date:26-Feb-2007
  • Modified Date:30-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Desktop Management

Environment

Products:
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 7 Support Pack 1 - ZDM7 SP1
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 7 - ZDM7 Imaging
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 7 - ZDM7 PreBoot Services (PXE)
Configuration:
HP D325 Tower workstation

Situation

Unable to PXE boot HP D325 workstation.
ERROR:
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or unknown-block(8,4)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic:VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,4)

Resolution

Fixed in ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Service Pack 1 Interim Release 3a, see KB 3484245 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management" which can be found at Novell Support