Hi Robert, when I tried the 'mkinitrd' it told me I already had an image file... I don't think I built SCSI support into the kernel though... I don't think I have an SCSI devices.
Should I build SCSI support? Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:33 am Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Compiling a RedHat Kernel > 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 >
