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# [Resolving "not syncing vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown block" on Linode](https://blog.ajbothe.com/resolving-not-syncing-vfs-unable-to-mount-root-fs-on-unknown-block-on-linode?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Here's a fun error: "not syncing vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown block" I'm running CentOS7 on Linode and happened to run into this error on one of my systems. Quite unusual, so I did the quick and dirty method and restored a backup of my VM....

Apr 29, 2021 · 1 min read · blog.ajbothe.com  
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