On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Zoltan Nagy wrote: > Hi, > > I use the unstable distribution on a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop. The recompiled > 2.4.7 kernel doesn't work. At the boot time it can't mount the root file > system and the booting process stops with the following message: > > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda6" or 03:06 > Plese append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06
Funny, I have exactly the opposite problem. I also have a Dell Inspirion 4000. I can't get a debian kernel to run and get the error message you get. The package I've tried is kernel-image-2.4.5-686. I have so far been running 2.2.18pre21 which runs like a dream. Regards, /spe
