"Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs..."

[Art Lemasters <dream@luvmusl.net>]

     I just tried to patch the 2.0.35 kernel with Initio SCSI
adapter drivers.  After make config, make dep, make zImage,
make modules, make modules_install and lilo (and copying zImage
to / as vmlinuz), I rebooted the machine.

     It booted partially, then stopped with the error message
"Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02."  Can you
help me get past this one (first time compiling a kernel)?

     And by the way, this box is running frozen.

Thanks,

Art