On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:51:01 +0100 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Freitag 31 Oktober 2008 15:41:00 schrieb ext Marko Kocić: > > > The error message while booting is like this: > > > > Using IPI shortcut mode > > BIOS EDD facility v 0.16 2004-Jul-25 1 devices found > > VFS: Cannot open root device "307" on unknown-block(3,7) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available > > partitions: > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown- > > block(3,7) > > > > > > Note that in my lilo.conf I have root=/dev/hda7 line for all > > kernels. > > Are you sure that all drivers (chipset, disc) needed for booting are > compiled into the kernel? Please post your .config + lspci output. > > Bye... > > Dirk
Have you tried root=/dev/sda7, i.e. "s" rather than "h", in lilo? My understanding is that disk driver changes in the kernel have resulted in the replacement of IDE subsystem drivers with a "universal" (SCSI based) subsystem. A side effect of this is device name changes, notably /dev/hdX to /dev/sdX. I'm not sure that this is 100% accurate because I don't track kernel changes as closely as some folks. HTH, David
