From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ming Zhang Subject: Re: Cannot open root device? Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:40:20 -0500 Message-ID: <1143733221.8777.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <442BFA2E.7090907@gmail.com> Reply-To: mingz@ele.uri.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from orca.ele.uri.edu ([131.128.51.63]:53434 "EHLO orca.ele.uri.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751154AbWC3Pke (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:40:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <442BFA2E.7090907@gmail.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Bo Yang Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org u asked in a wrong list. this is a kernel recompilation&installation question. please go kernel newbie list http://www.kernelnewbies.org/mailinglist.php3 Ming On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 23:33 +0800, Bo Yang wrote: > Hello everybody : > I know maybe my question is just a piece of cake for you , but > I have struggled with it for 4 days , and I didn't get any answer from > the google and the archive . > So I came here ! > > And my problem is that : > I use VMware , and install gentoo linux on the vm which hold a scsi disk > . I compile the linux kernel with scsi support in the kernel self , but > when boot up the kernel panic with the bellow message : > VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or unkonw-block(8,3) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > But I have a line in my lilo.conf : root=/dev/sda3 > > I have recompile the kernel for many times , but it panic everytime . > > Thanks in advance ! > > Best Regard ! > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html