Re: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> As my subject line indicates, I'm getting the diagnostic:
> 
> 	Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
> 
> when I try to boot up with my home grown kernel.  I've tried several
> things with lilo on this, but I'm stumped.  rdev indicates the root
> partition is /dev/hda1, which is what I expect, and I seem to have good
> lilo entries, as follows:
> 
> image=/vmlinuz
>         label=Linux
>         read-only
>         initrd=/boot/initrd
> 
> and in fact with the dist kernel this lilo entry works fine, but with
> the one I get with make bzImage I get stuck on boot as stated.  Can
> someone point me to a specific doc to read on this problem, or is my
> mistake obvious?
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> 


The mistake is not obvious to me. 
Just guessing:

(1) Are you sure you need the initrd line? Do you actually have /boot/initrd? This line is not shown in /usr/share/doc/lilo/examples/conf.sample.
(2) Have you run lilo after you installed the new kernel and before you rebooted?
(3) Does the fs driver for the root device in the new kernel compiled as a module?
(4) Could it be that you have not installed the new kernel properly? One way to avoid this is to use Debian kernel-package. 

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