Alejandro Montiel wrote: > > Hi: > > I installed SuSE Linux 6.1 with kernel 2.2.7 in my system a couple of weeks > ago. I had Windows 98 and Linux together. Everything was OK. Then I decided to > reformat and repartition my drive to install the BeOS. After repartitioning, > everything installed OK, but when I tried to compile my own kernel, I got the > following error message when booting up: > > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device 03:04 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:04 > > I have tried repartitioning again to make totally sure that my Linux partition > is below the 1024th cylinder. I have also created a boot disk and tried to > boot with it, but the problem still remains. I also tried copying the boot > files to my Windows partition and try to boot from there to no avail. The pair > of numbers (03:04) change depending on how my disk is partitioned and on which > partition I have installed Linux. > > Some of my system specs are: > > Pentium II 450 MHz > 128 MB RAM > 10.1GB Western Digital HDD (IDE) > Adaptec 2920 SCSI controller. > TEAC SCSI CD-ROM > TEAC SCSI CD Burner > > Any comment or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you all. > > Alejandro Montiel > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
You may need to use rdev to set the new kernel to the correct root
partition.
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Farrell Kenimer of Phoenix, Arizona USA
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