hello all,i compiled 2.4.3 kernel on a smp machine but the machine halts with no respond when rebooting and says : root fs not mounted VFS cannot open root device 801 or 08:01 please append a correct "root=" boot option kenel panic:VFS unable to mount root fs on 08:01 the following is the lilo.conf on my machine: ............. image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-0.26 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.0-0.26 root=/dev/sda1 ................ i have already added the scsi modules to the kernel during config process. i cannot figure out,can you? thanks. xiong zhao _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list