root device name w/kernel-image

[Drew Scott Daniels <umdanie8@cc.UManitoba.CA>]

With the kernel image from a disk (2.4.20-bf2.4) and the root device set
to /dev/hda1 my "computer" boots up fine. With newer 2.4 kernel images
(kernel-image-2.4-386, kernel-image-2.4.21-1-386
kernel-image-2.4.21-2-386) I can't seem to boot.

I've tried:
root=/dev/hda1
root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
root=/dev/discs/disc0/part1

I tried these with and without the devfsd package installed and there
didn't seem to be a difference.

The kernel books but says it's unable to mount the root filesystem.

Any hints?

     Drew Daniels