Hi, despite repeatedly getting error messages saying "Error -3 while decompressing ......Md5 stuff..... VFS: Cannot open root device "hdb5" 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)"
.. when I use "root=/dev/hdb5" at the root prompt it still happens with both current kernels .. 2.4.25-1 and 2.6.5 .. I either put the expression next to the 'boot:' prompt, or following 'boot: linux.2.* .. same result. Using the Gentoo SystemRescue disk, all filesystems look OK. Syslog shows nothing out of the ordinary (the only FATAL refers to a sound card some time ago), and the boot log dates back to 2003 - not current, but has been like that for some time. Any ideas how I can successfully boot into my Linux drive ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
