42840: Kernel panic - not syncing

Attempting to do a clean CL install using 42840 ISO, but CL doesn’t boot, and throws this error:

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)

Just for comparison, CL 42290 ISO boots up just fine.

No nVidia hardware, nothing funny.

Hi, are you using Ventoy to install the distro? If so, I recommend booting CL via GRUB2. It worked for me.

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Thanks, that must be it. I’ll give it a go, and report back.