Hi, I have no T43 but:

Check the settings of your grub.conf, I put my gentoo portion grub.conf

#Booting Gentoo 2.6.20-r6
title Gentoo GNU/Linux 2.6.20
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/2.6.20-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x318
video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap

It is very important the "root=/dev/sdaX" parameter. I have no any splash
image (yet)..It is a good idea if you put your grub.conf here to see the
posiible problem too...

I hope help you :D

On 4/24/07, mail <lists@gmnet.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to set up a T43 with grub.
>
> I installed grub, set up the grub.conf file and it gets past the splash
> screen and starts to load devices, then a kernel panic:
>
> Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown-block (2,0)
>
> This lapttop has sata drive I guess, I have the kernel sata driver
> loaded, and I have tried all kinds of various alternatives such as hda3,
> sda1, hda1, (hd0,0) etc...  I know that the "root" is correct because
> the splash screen is fine.
>
> Does anybody have experience setting up grub on a T43?
>
> Thanks
> rick
>
>
>
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