Mirek
2006/8/20, frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Just a bit more info, I've rebooted into the new system. Here's the
whole message:
...
VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(0,0)
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 10:30 +0000, frank wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've decided to reinstall my system to a stable one (I used ~x86
> before).
>
> To prepare the disk I've wiped out all of / except /home and all
> of /boot.
>
> Th installation (according to the handbook) went smoothly.
>
> The new kernel starts up and then I get an VFS error saying that there
> is an invalid boot option root= ... and panics.
>
> /boot on /dev/hda1 or (hd0,0) is ext2, / on /dev/hda3 or (hd0,2)
>
> Here is my menu.lst:
>
> default 0
> timeout 30
>
> title=Initial
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r4_initial root=/dev/hda3
>
> I've set up grub this way:
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> grub> setup (hd0)
> grub quit
>
> The kernel is configured for ext2 and ext3 filesystems.
>
> Has anyone an Idea? I don't have further :(
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
>
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