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Kernel panics with “Cannot open root device” error, where do I append the “root=” option?

I updated Ubuntu 2 days ago and now I can't login, even in Safe Mode, since there's a Kernel Panic ('VFS not syncing', something like that). I know this is a bug but I don't want to reinstall everything again. Is there some way to make Ubuntu functional again? The problem too is that I don't have old kernels on my GRUB list, since it seems the update erased all of them.

Here's a picture of the kernel panic at boot: enter image description here

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We need far more information about the panic really, even if its just a photo of it :) – Caesium Nov 27 '11 at 23:27
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I had the same issue. I chose older versions instead of safe mode at boot and selected the previous kernel 3.0.0.12. Now the system runs fine, but at next boot, 3.0.0.13 will again be the default. Therefore, I removed the all kernel packages found with the string "3.0.0.13" in synaptic package manager.

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