Re: Custom Kernel Won't Boot

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

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, [ISO-8859-1] Aurélien Campéas wrote:

> > VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or unknown block (3,1)
> > Please append a correct "root= " boot option
> > kernel panic: not syncing : VFS cannot open root device
> > 
> > i am wondering what to add as a boot option (i am running LILO) i tried 

nothing you can do at lilo/grub/...
 
> make sure you have compiled your disk controller and filesystem drivers 
> in-kernel (not as modules)

if you do make(use) ide and fs modules ( for whatever odd reason )
	- you need to make a custom initrd.gz file
	- you'd need to edit /linuxrc inside that initrd.gz file to
	load those ide and fs drivers

more booting fun
	Linux-Boot.net/Loaders

c ya
alvin