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    Linux Error Messages That Go Hard Starter Pack

    ERROR: Failed to mount the real root device.
    Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck.
    
    WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
    This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
       sysvinit initscripts (due to sysvinit) sysv-rc (due to sysvinit) util-linux
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 198 to remove and 3 not upgraded
    You are about to do something potentially harmful.
    To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
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    (12/19) upgrading linux-raspberrypi
    WARNING: /boot appears to be a seperate partition but is not mounted.
             You probably just broke your system. Congratulations.
    >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait...
    
    [   0.895799] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs 
    on unknown block(0,0)
    
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    < Your System ate a SPARC! Gah! >
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    Out of memory: Kill process 15745 (postgres) score 10 or sacrifice child
    

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    [–] [email protected] 69 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Fun fact! It gets reported to /var/spool/mail/root ! If your mail spooler is properly configured (and your SMTP relay is also configured to send mail addressed to root to an actual user account) then you will get these alerts by email.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    As SU type mail, you can read what meesages got sent to root@machinename

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago