On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:34:45 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: > In dmesg the drive comes up as /dev/sda > sda1(Macro$haft) sda2(/boot) < sda5(swap) sda6(/) > sda7(home)> > > When I boot w/ the grub floppy I do: > > grub> root (hd0,1) > Fs is ext2, part type 0x83 > grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x120, size 0x1463b31] > > ...so far, so good...
Yes, GRUB is installed correctly and finding the kernel. > grub> boot > > and get: > > ...VFS: Cannot open root device "sda6" or unknown > block (0,0) > Please append correct "root" boot option > Kernel Panic-not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs > on unknown block (0,0) This means the kernel cannot mount your root partition (/dev/sda6 IS the correct setting for root). Either your root partitions's filesystem is not compiled into your kernel or you have not added support for your SATA controller. These must be compiled into the kernel, not as modules. You need CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_YOURCONTROLLER=y -- Neil Bothwick DATA COMPRESSION: What You Get When You Squish An Android
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