Alejandro Montiel wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> I installed SuSE Linux 6.1 with kernel 2.2.7 in my system a couple of weeks
> ago. I had Windows 98 and Linux together. Everything was OK. Then I decided to
> reformat and repartition my drive to install the BeOS. After repartitioning,
> everything installed OK, but when I tried to compile my own kernel, I got the
> following error message when booting up:
>
> request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device 03:04
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:04
>
> I have tried repartitioning again to make totally sure that my Linux partition
> is below the 1024th cylinder. I have also created a boot disk and tried to
> boot with it, but the problem still remains. I also tried copying the boot
> files to my Windows partition and try to boot from there to no avail. The pair
> of numbers (03:04) change depending on how my disk is partitioned and on which
> partition I have installed Linux.
>
> Some of my system specs are:
>
> Pentium II 450 MHz
> 128 MB RAM
> 10.1GB Western Digital HDD (IDE)
> Adaptec 2920 SCSI controller.
> TEAC SCSI CD-ROM
> TEAC SCSI CD Burner
>
> Any comment or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you all.
>
> Alejandro Montiel
>
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You may need to use rdev to set the new kernel to the correct root
partition.
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Farrell Kenimer of Phoenix, Arizona USA
