I would second what's been said about the VM ware forums, and add that the Gentoo Forums might also provide more relevant help to the Gentoo specific items. Also here's an article on Gentoo & VM ware: http://www.linuxdig.com/news_page/1082673701.php -- David On Thursday 30 March 2006 21:48, 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-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs