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Re: Having a similar problem



--- Jason Jorgensen <jjorgensen@igi.com> wrote:
> It appears I am having a very similar issue as you
> with
> 
> 
> request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not moounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device "303" or 03:03
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:03
> 
> 
> Did you ever find a solution to this. The initrd is
> suppose to contain all the modules needed to boot
> off the hardware, but for some reason it cant load
> the module for the ide hard drive.
> 
> 


I had to set up the block in lilo for the 2.4.x kernel
like so:

image=/vmlinuz
        initrd=/initrd.img
        label=Linux
        read-only
#       restricted
#       alias=1

And rerun lilo, ``/sbin/lilo -v'' . Then all was good.


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