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 ! > > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
