Probably you have all the filesystem drivers modularised. Have a look of /usr/src/linux/.config and check if ext2fs got an answer of y or m in the configuration.
Regards. Paul :) On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Hi, > > Two days ago I managed to recompile my own kernel. It went roughly OK > I only tried it on my office computer today though and there seems to be a > problem. I seem to have chosen a wrong option since at a very early stage > of booting I get the following error > > VFS: cannot open root device 03:03 > kernel panic VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03 > > > Could somebody please tell me what went wrong? > > I have /dev/hda1 as my dos partition /dev/hda2 as my swap partition and > /de/hda3 as my root partition > > I would appreciate any help. > > Thanks > George > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Kapetanios > Churchill College > Cambridge, CB3 0DS > U.K. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >