on Thursday 05/29/2008 Pawel K([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
> I compiled the kernel with all modules:
>
> make allmodconfig
> make
> make modules_install
>
> I have udev running on my machine since more than a year.
> I created the following section in grub.conf:
>
> title vanilla-all-modules
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/kernel-all-modules root=/dev/hda1
>
> The kernel is unable to mount my ext3 root filesystem.
> It shows the following message:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(0,0).
>
> (hd0,0) is correct since I copied it from my daily grub section.
> I have ext3.ko in the following path:
> /lib/modules/2.6.24.3/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko
>
> Could you give me some indications of how to solve this problem.
>
You need an initrd as well and I did not see one in your grub stanza
-- if you generated one, put it in /boot and in the stanza, otherwise
be sure to generate one using genkernel.
Hope this helps.
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