-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> I installed kernel 2.4.0 on my ThinkPad 560 and after I was done, I > made sure /etc/lilo.conf was correct and ran lilo, and I rebooted. > This is what I got: > > request_module[block-major-3] root fs not mounted > > VFS: cannot open root device "301" or 03:01 > > Please append a correct "root= " boot option > > Kernel Apnic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01 Looks like you forgot to compile in the IDE drivers :) > I then rebooted to the old kernel, 2.2.16 successfully and tried > installing the new kernel image again, but when I rebooted, I could no > longer boot either kernel. Uh oh. Better get out the rescue disk :) > I smell a reinstall; not even my boot disk could start Linux. Is there > a way out of a reinstall? Um... what errors did you get when you tried the boot disk? Can you tell us anything about the hardware of your laptop? - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC GPG key id: 50DE1CFC GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6Y8p0/ZTSZFDeHPwRAoc8AKCMgjmRvSYF8AyPsT0pgmgLtMQc1gCgs857 xT/3QCidmajsdnu/w+V8tps= =B8ts -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----