Re: kernel painic, failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

ingirafn@this.is wrote:
> "kmod : failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k
> VFS : cannot open root device "305" or 03:05
>
> Pleace append a correct "root=" boot option
> kernel panic; VFS:unable to mount root fs on 03:05
>
> Hello, this is the message when I try to boot up with my 
> compiled 2.4.21 kernel, I did not use initrd, I tried that and does not
> matter. I have two other kernels 2.4.18 and 2.4.22 and they both work. 
>
> I cant find out what I did wrong in the compiling prosess.

3:05 looks like hda5. Did lilo run right? Did you compile
the root filesystem type into the kernel?