No FS could mount root

[kirbrit]

It would appear that I cannot get this unit running past a few days. On reboot I receive:

Group descriptors corrupted, No FS could mount root, a kernel panic finishing off with "entering kbd" and a prompt which does not accept input.

I've been a unix/linux admin now for about 15 years so I know a corrupted partition when I see one. I will reformat the SD card with another "wheezy" build and I hope that will solve the issue.

I was trialling the unit hooked to a camera for monitoring and maybe the root filesystem is full, however I will never know. Else it may be the SD card (Tevion SD 8GB HC) causing instability.

Is wheezy the most stable out of the suggested OS' at http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads ?

[pluggy]

Wheezy is certainly the best supported, I don't know if its the most stable. Corrupted SD cards usually revolve around the power supply, overclocking or the type of SD card. I use Sandisk class 4s which have never given me any problems. I have 5 Pis, 4 of them running full time but are often subject to unscheduled stoppages (somebody pulls the plug usually).

[kirbrit]

My power supply has never been an issue and I don't use overclocking so I'm off to get a new SD card. Thanks.. will keep updating.

[DirkS]

My power supply has never been an issue and I don't use overclocking so I'm off to get a new SD card. Thanks.. will keep updating.

You mentioned you hooked up a camera... did you plug it directly in the pi (assuming it's USB) or did you use a powered hub?
If you use a 'marginal' power supply it could just tip it over the edge.
I had a similar situation: pi working without any problems for more than 6 months, then made a small change and all of a sudden it starts throwing errors on startup. Changed the PSU and the problems disappeared...

Gr.
Dirk.