Robert D. Hilliard([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> I have built a 2.6.8 kernel, but booting it fails with the
> following message:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>
> The grub stanza used is:
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro
>
Bob
In /boot is your new kernel listed as vmlinuz or maybe its
vmlinuz-2.6.8?
In my /boot there are
vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-686
vmlinuz-2.6.7
vmlinuz-2.6.7-1-k7
:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
Wayne
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