Thanks for your reply
I am afraid root is set to /dev/hda3
The precompiled 2.0.29 kernel works fine. The problem seems to be in the
options chosen for the new kernel . I just don't know which one I must
change :-(
Thanks
George
On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Steffen R. Mueller wrote:
> Thus spake G. Kapetanios ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Hi George,
>
> > Two days ago I managed to recompile my own kernel. It went roughly OK
> > I only tried it on my office computer today though and there seems to be a
> > problem. I seem to have chosen a wrong option since at a very early stage
> > of booting I get the following error
> >
> > VFS: cannot open root device 03:03
> > kernel panic VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03
>
> Oh, then only the root device was set wrong. Asuming you're using LILO you
> can force to mount the boot device like /dev/hda3 with the following command
> on the LILO prompt :
>
> LILO : linux root=/dev/hda3
>
> This should work. After doing that you can change the root device used by
> default with the rdev command.
>
> man rdev will give you the required information.
>
> BTW : rdev can also change the video mode a.s.o.
>
> You see... not really a big problem ;-)
>
> Greetings,
>
> Steffen
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