From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bo Yang Subject: Cannot open root device? Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:33:02 +0800 Message-ID: <442BFA2E.7090907@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=GB2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.206]:44195 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751029AbWC3PdL (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:33:11 -0500 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o37so493871nzf for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:33:11 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org 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 !