I had the same error and resolved it by:

cd /usr/src/linux
cp .config ~/
make mrproper
cp ~/.config .
make all modules_install install

/joel

On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 15:52, Kurt Guenther wrote:
> I do have the ext2/ext3 compiled into the kernel.
> 
> Where can I read up more on the initrd?  The gentoo install docs have 
> the manual kernel build w/o an initrd.  
> 
> --Kurt
> 
> 
> 
> Thomas Sjolshagen wrote:
> 
> >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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