Got a boot error when starting up

[yong lee <ylee_95116@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

I am not a Linux expert. I hope someone would kindly
help me or give me some suggestions to fix the
problem.

I just installed a pre-made/customized Linux 2.6.x
kernel. I converted its installation package from the
.rpm format to a .deb format using alien command.
After the installation and a reboot, the machine hung
and shrew the following errors:

VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or
unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic- not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root
fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Please help. Many thanks

Yong


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