I recompiled my kernel, and must have turned off (or turned to modules) the required pieces to read my hard drive @ boot time.
Both of the other heretofore bootable kernels on the machine (all 2.4.18) result in the same error during the boot process, and booting from A: results in a similar message.
Because of some bad backups, I really need to recover the informaiton, if there is no software/command_line solution, what should I do?
Debian 3.0 woody/stable, ATA HD
Error for all three kernels
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
ds: no socket drivers loaded!
request_module[ide_disk]: Root fs not mounted
hda: driver not present
VFS: Cannot open root device "301" or 03:01
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:03
trying from a (2.2.x) boot floppy results in
request_module[block-major-3]: root fs not mounted
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:03
Please append...
Kernel Panic..
Meep!