Re: Kernel panic!

[Alvin Oga <alvin@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi 

> VFS: cannot open root device 03:01
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01

i get the same silly error when I tried 2.2.10 on my rh-6.0 box...
	( that is /dev/hda1 )

i gave up trying to find out why....and just reverted back to 
2.2.5-15 from rh...  will try again later...

have fun
alvin

> What does this message mean?? The kernel booted from /dev/hda1 so why can't it
> mount the root partition now? I've tried giving Linux the different
> combinations of the "root=..." parameter but it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> Does it matter which version of LILO I use to install the boot sector??
> This system is running kernel 2.2.10 (custom build) and most packages are from
> potato. Due to some problems I had to use an older (slink) version of LILO --
> will this screw it up? It seemed to be fine when I booted this same HD on my
> other machine (with the LILO setup for the other machine, of course).
> 
> Also, if LILO is the cause of the problem, how would I run a glibc2.1 version
> of LILO from a slink rescue disk??? I don't have a potato boot disk handy...
>