Hello,
I'm trying to compile the 2.6.1 kernel on Cedora Core 1. I've downloaded
the source from
kernel.org, and try to follow the readme for installing.
a did make menuconfig, select the things I need (ex3 extended
attributes and posix ACL among them), then make, make bzImage, make
modules make modules_install, make install.
Before make install I've loaded the loop kernel module.
When I try to boot the new kernel it hangs with the folloving error:
VFS: cannot open root device "LABEL=/" 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)
I did try to specify root=0803 in grub.conf but the message now is: VFS:
cannot open root device "0803" or unknown-block (8,3)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (8,3)
What can be done?
thank you,
Laszlo
In grub.conf, try changing LABEL=/ to the real device name (e.g.
/dev/hda1) of your / partition. Something like:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.2 ro root=/dev/hda1
However labels work okay for me with the 2.6.2 kernel.
Bob...