On 22 May, this message from Torben Brosten echoed through cyberspace: > Next line, am getting this error: > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:0b > > VFS? What does that refer to?
That's the abstraction layer just above the different filesystems, unifying for the layers still above that need to access files. 03:0b is the block device (in hex), i.e. block device major 3, minor 0xb=11. That would be /dev/hda11. Is that your root partition? > I've tried setting Module, compiled in kernel, and 'not set' > variations of: That's not the problem here. Your root partition is probably EXT2, so leave that compiled-in. Others are optional and not needed for the root partition. > CONFIG_TMPFS (VFS = Virtual file system?) Na. Has nothing to with this. > CONFIG_EXT2_FS ( Leave this one compiled-in. > CONFIG_HFS_FS (for a MacOS 9.x partition) This is dangerous. It may be OK for reading, but don't attempt writing to it. > I'm trying to use Ext3 (CONFIG_EXT3_FS). Chose 'install24' from the > debian install program. Your error message (if it's the only message) indicates something fundamentally wrong, like specifying the wrong root partition in yaboot.conf. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
