Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs

[Alphonse Ogulla <ogulla@uonbi.ac.ke>]

Hi all,
Just compiled kernel 2.4.21 but cannot boot it despite creating the initrd 
image and respective links in / to files in /boot. 
The last 5 lines printed on screen before hang-up are printed below.

RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
Freeing initrd memory: 2664k freed
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 03:01

Passing root=/dev/hda1 to lilo at boot time did not bear fruit.
Created initrd as follows:
# mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.4.21 /lib/modules/2.4.21

Added the following lines in lilo.conf before running lilo.
.....
image=/vmlinuz-2.4.21 initrd=/initrd.img-2.4.21
	label=2.4.21
	root=/dev/hda1
	read-only

Grateful for any assistance in resolving this difficulty.

-- 
Alphonse Ogulla
Nairobi, Kenya


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