There is another possibility which I guess may be the case, as it happened to me the same...
Do you have the "initrd" file? You need it for the module that recognizes your root file system to be loaded before the kernel can mount the root fs. Take a look on the "mkinitrd" man page :-) João On Qua, 2004-06-30 at 18:42, Albert Dengg wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:05:48 +0200 > Paolo Bientinesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda2" or unknown-block(0,0) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > ... > well, i think there are 3 posibilities: > - you have a wrong config in grub > - you forgot to compile the fs for your root-fs in the kernel, not as a > module... > - you forgot to compile in the ide, and/or the ide-disk driver -- Joao Lourenco Tels: (+351) 212 948 536 Dep. Informatica (+351) 212 948 300 FCT / Univ. Nova de Lisboa Ext: 10740 Quinta da Torre Fax: (+351) 212 948 541 P-2829-516 CAPARICA http://www-asc.di.fct.unl.pt/~jml
