its possible you forgot to include scsi support in your kernel, i have made that mistake and gotten that error many times.
nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote: > hello, > I am trying to install kernel 2.2.12. I compiled as documented in the > README of the kernel source distribution. I edited lilo.conf and exec > lilo and added. My root dev=/dev/sda3 (extend partition) boot=/dev/sda > But when I tried booting the new kernel, I got > > VFS: Cannot open root device 08:06 > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:06 > > what should I do now? > > -gnana > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
