Re: Which disk device driver

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya "john smith" 

howz jane doe doing ??

On Sun, 23 May 2004, John Smith wrote:

> "VFS: Cannot open root device "805" or 08:05
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05"

it means the kernel you are booting cannot find oyur / partition
on /dev/sda5 
	ls -la /dev/sd* | grep 08

when the lilo or grub prompt comes up you have to tell it
manually where  /  is lcoated
	lilo#  linux-2.4.26  root=/dev/sda5

also make sure the kernel has scsi support for your scsi card
or you will need to make a initrd file 

c ya
alvin