This sounds like a memory issues to me.

Have you checked the ram in the machine? (Amount and functionality)

VinceV


Maartens wrote:
Hello there,

Trying to reinstall the old mailsserver from my work, it's a Compaq
ML350 G2 Rackmount. When I use the firmware Maintenance 7.50 CD to do a
complete firmware update, I'm getting a kernel panic while the disc is
beeing read. This is the error; Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root
fs on ram0

Even when I'm not trying to update the firmware and just put a windows
2k3 server CD in there I'm getting a stop error.

Is there someone who has something of a solution? I'd searched google
and the compaq/HP website, but couldn't find something usefull