Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:57:26 +0000 (GMT) | From | Sandy Falconer <> | Subject | Re: I can't load my root filesystem on 2.1.105 |
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On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Glenn Bautista wrote:
> HI, > > I just re-compiled my kernel and I did nothing out of the ordinary, I > compiled the neccesary filesystems but when I > tried to boot up the system, it gave me this nasty error message: > > VFS cannot open root device on 03:42 > Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:42 > > I re-compiled my kernel again, but it still gave me this message... > please try and help me, thanks.
I had the same problem with 2.1.104: when I checked the configuration, I found I had not included EIDE support in the kernel, but accidentally compiled it as a module instead. My root filesystem is located on an IDE drive.
Recompiling with EIDE support included in the kernel cured everything.
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