Did you read this ?

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP

Maybe, your right SCSI driver is not enable in the kernel.

On 3/31/06, Bo Yang <struggleyb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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 !
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> 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
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> But I have a line in my lilo.conf : root=/dev/sda3
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> I have recompile the kernel for many times , but it panic everytime .
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> Thanks in advance !
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> Best Regard !
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