On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 10:47, befu wrote: > > 3. After copying the System.map, the vmlinux and the config file to the > /boot directory and the vmlinux file to the Linux Kernel Folder in the > System Folder of my MacOS9 partition, I try to boot with the new kernel. > After abt. 3 seconds of booting time, I get the following message on top of > the screen: > > <0>Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 21:03 > <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds... > > The last lines on the screen before it halts say: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hde3" or 21:03 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > <0>Kernel panic...
So is /dev/hde3 the correct device for the root filesystem? Is support for its type built into the kernel? Your other problems have been discussed here before, you need libncurses5-dev for menuconfig. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
