make sure you compiled the kernel with the driver(s) needed to access your
hdd, did you see an IDE scan go on during boot?
sample output from a VIA MVP3 based Super Socket 7 board would be:
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide0: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
ide1: VIA Bus-Master (U)DMA Timing Config Success
hda: IBM-DJNA-370910, ATA DISK drive
hdb: IBM-DPTA-353750, ATA DISK drive
hdc: CD-ROM CDU4011, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdd: MATSHITA CR-588, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: IBM-DJNA-370910, 8693MB w/1966kB Cache, CHS=1108/255/63
hdb: IBM-DPTA-353750, 35772MB w/1961kB Cache, CHS=4560/255/63
hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
hdd: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
chekc your kernel config, this is likely the problem.
nate
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Kevin wrote:
wessam >I decided to compile a new kernel (2.2.1) to upgrade from 2.0.38 for my
486
wessam >(slink) and I followed the instructions in the kernel howto. I
compiled and
wessam >installed the kernel, ran lilo, and rebooted. I receive the following
wessam >error:
wessam >
wessam >Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:01
wessam >
wessam >my lilo.conf:
wessam >boot=/dev/hda
wessam >root=/dev/hda1
wessam >install=/boot/boot.b
wessam >map=/boot/map
wessam >vga=normal
wessam >delay=20
wessam >image=/vmlinuz
wessam >label=Linux
wessam >read-only
wessam >
wessam >I have two IDE hard drives with / on hda1. my boot disk works and
mounts
wessam >root fine. I must've missed some option in the kernel, or is my
lilo.conf
wessam >is set up wrong?
wessam >thanks for any help,
wessam >Kevin
wessam >
wessam >
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