On Tuesday 02 Nov 2004 18:39, Noah wrote: > using: Redhat-enterprise WS version 3 > > > I just built a custom kernel using the 2.4.21-20.EL source rpm. it simply > does not boot and claims a VFS error and is unable to open root device > "LABEL=/" have you tried putting the actual device node instead of the LABEL=/ option? e.g. kernel /whatever ro root=/dev/hda2 (or whichever /dev/hdaX your / Filesystem is) df will tell you this ( I assume you can still boot with an old kernel?) e.g: [stuart@laptop stuart]$ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda7 6048320 4815104 925976 84% / none 517712 0 517712 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda8 21204420 3317020 16810244 17% /home /dev/sda1 241263968 62852732 166155652 28% /mnt/disk so in my case root=/dev/hda7 Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
