On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:24:36 +0100 (CET) boucetta-hela@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: |> hi, hello, |> I have compiled kernel using these commands: |> under /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8 : |> make xconfig |> make bzImages modules modules_install |> make dep |> my loader is grub, so when typing this command grub root (hd0,6) setup hd0 |> it says syntax error , note that parameters of root were token from |> /boot/grub/grub.conf; so I made: grub |> root (hd0,6) |> setup hd0 |> and the system says successful. |> but when rebooting I have this message: |> can not open root device " label=/" |> please append a correct "root=" boot option |> kernel panic : vfs: unable to mount root fs on 00:00 well this is not the right place for this kind of questions ... anyway, you may: - check that you have root=LABEL=/ in you boot options and not root= LABEL=/ - try with root=/dev/hda7 -- Alain