subject: How To Fix no Root File System Defined Error In Linux? [print this page] In Linux operating system, root file system is a file system, which is contained on the hard drive volume on which root directory is located. Linux kernel require the root file system to be mounted on startup. All other Linux file system are mounted on root file system. In some situations, this file system gets damaged due to virus infection and improper system shutdown like situations. At this point, your system can not boot up and all your valuable data become inaccessible and you come across data loss situations. In order to get your valuable data back, Linux Data Recovery is required.
In a practical scenario, when you attempt to boot your Linux computer, you may come across below error message:
"No root file system defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu"
Although, the error message suggests you to correct this problem from partitioning menu, but you won't find any option on screen.
Above error message terminates the boor process and system is rebooted. The same error message occurs every time when you try to boot the system. In such cases, to extract data from Linux hard drive, you are required to identify cause of this problem and perform Data Recovery Linux by sorting it out.
Root of the problem
As stated in above error message, this issue is generally caused by corruption to the file system of Linux hard drive partition on which operating system is installed. The same issue may also occur due to corrupted or lost hard drive volume.
Root file system corruption might take place due to a number of reasons that include:
Virus contaminations
Unexpected system shutdown
Power outages
Software or application malfunction
No matter what the cause of this issue is, it is essential to resolve it to get your valuable data back. For this purpose, Linux Recovery is there for your help.
Recovery can easily and quickly be performed using third-party applications, known as Linux Data Recovery software. The tools carry out in-depth scan of entire hard drive using powerful scanning algorithms and extract all of the lost, missing and inaccessible data from Linux hard drive.
The allow you to have straightforward recovery in all cases of data loss as they have interactive and simple graphical user interface. The software do not ever alter original data due to read-only design.
Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery successfully retrieves lost data in such critical data loss situations. It supports recovery from Ext4, Ext3, Ext2, FAT32, FAT16 and FAT12 file system volumes. The software can be used by all major distributions of Linux operating system including Debian, Mandriva, SUSE, Fedora and Red Hat.
