On 4/30/05, A.M. Fradley <u2amf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I receive the boot error "kernel panic - not syncing : VFS: unable to mount > root FS on unknown-block (0, 0)" when I try to use a 2.6.11 kernel that I > compiled myself. I have faced this problem a couple of times in the past. One of these solutions has always worked for me:- 1. Making sure that the right filesystem support(ext3) is compiled into the kernel and not as a module. 2. Though I have successfully avoided ramdisks on 2.4, the 2.6 has required me to keep it on. After a kernel compile, I update it by - $/sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.10.img 2.6.10 3. Having the right hard disk drivers(I have had to try out different options in xconfig before I got the right drivers). [Since you are using a old .config, you can possibly rule this out] 4. Mistakes in grub.conf - 'make install' in FC by default puts a like like - " kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11.8 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet " in grub.conf. I have had problems with this and so I always keep this line as- "kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11.8 ro root=/dev/hda3" where /dev/hda3 contains the root. I saw your grub.conf and you may want to try this. Good luck! HC -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
