Re: Kernel Panic on my new custom kernel

[Robert Vangel <vangelr@rfgt.net>]

Jon Roed wrote:
> I recently compiled my own kernel (2.6.10) on my debian system.  Now when i 
> try to boot it i get the error message that says :
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or 
> unknown-block(0,0)
>
> If anyone knows what cause this, or has any suggestions, please let me know.

Make sure you have your IDE chipset driver compiled in (even having a 
module & initrd has caused problems for me).