You sure you've got either the ext3 modules included in an initrd image,
or (the simplest approach) compiled into the 2.6 kernel?
Another possibility is that the initrd image contains something it
shouldn't, and that you'll be able to boot if you delete the initrd boot
entry.
// Thomas
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 22:53, Kurt Guenther wrote:
> I keep getting this error at boot:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda7" or hda7
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on hda7
>
> Seems straightforward, but my grub.conf has:
>
> title Gentoo (2.6.1-r1)
> root (hd0,4)
> kernel (hd0,4)/kernel-2.6.1-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/hda7
>
> and I checked the /etc/fstab and it has
>
> /dev/hda7 / ext3 noatime 0 1
>
> Not sure what's up. hda7 is definitely my Gentoo root.
>
> --Kurt
>
>
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