On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 10:44:27AM -0700, Joris Huizer wrote: > Now, I did a complete kernel compilation - but I've > got a nasty kernel panic I can't seem to fix: > > The boot process stops and ends with these lines: > > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device "302" or 03:02 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02 > > > I don't know what to do to solve this - does it mean > my lilo.conf is incorrect or something? It says > root=/dev/ha2 as the error seems to imply (I added > that as I thought that was the problem) I'm no lilo expert - for me installing a new kernel is simply a matter of copying arch/i386/boot/bzImage to my DOS boot partition and editing the batch file that runs LOADLIN.EXE - but I'd first guess that you didn't run lilo, which AFAIK is necessary if you are using it. You'll probably need to boot off a rescue disk and rerun lilo. Search the list archives for guidance on this as it is a reasonably frequent topic. The other possibility is: did you compile the driver for your root fs into the kernel, or did you compile it as a module? If as a module, you need to use an initrd which is One More Confusing Thing To Get Wrong. The preferred option is to compile the driver into the kernel. This does unfortunately mean booting off a rescue disk, reconfiguring the kernel and recompiling it. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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