Does it boot "completely" when you use a startup floppy? That is, when you boot with floppy and then type the mount command, do you see /dev/hda8 mounted?
-Jeff On Monday 29 April 2002 02:17 pm, you wrote: > Hi, my linux server started making strange beeps when I started it > recently and it wouldnt go into the initial ram loading screen. Someone > recommended that I "reseat" the ram so I did that and now it starts > partially. When I say partially I mean it requires my floppy boot disk > to load when it never needed one before. Now it freezes up during the > loading sequence with this message: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda8" or 03:08 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic:VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:08 > > any ideas would be much appreciated. > > -Ronnie
