On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > I just compiled a new kernel for RedHat 9, but when I boot this new kernel it says: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS Unable to mount root fs 00:00 > > So I checked the 'grub.conf' file and it has a listing for exactly the > same parameters as the other kernels (which work fine) > > Any ideas about what I missed here?
yup. you can't boot your root partition using "LABEL=" without an initrd.img. it doesn't matter if you built ext3 support into the kernel or not. either switch the entry for the root partition back to a /dev/hdxy notation, or use "mkinitrd" to build an initrd.img. either way will work fine. rday
