after power outage: Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs :(

[Royce <mroyce@gmail.com>]

Had a power outage, and when I brought my Debian 3 system back up it was
hosed:

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EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
Attempt to access beyond device
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FAT bread failed
Invalid session number or type of track
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Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:04
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How do I interpret 03:04? If I boot off the boot floppy, everything is
fine. Have poked around for answers in the archives, but haven't
figured it out.

boot drive:
hda1 - /boot
hda2 - swap
hda3 - /

second disk:
hdd1 - /disk1

Thanks in advance for any tips,
Royce