what about fstab?
Mirek

2006/8/20, frank <sdoma@karneval.cz>:
>
> Just a bit more info, I've rebooted into the new system. Here's the
> whole message:
>
> ...
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(0,0)
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 10:30 +0000, frank wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've decided to reinstall my system to a stable one (I used ~x86
> > before).
> >
> > To prepare the disk I've wiped out all of / except /home and all
> > of /boot.
> >
> > Th installation (according to the handbook) went smoothly.
> >
> > The new kernel starts up and then I get an VFS error saying that there
> > is an invalid boot option root= ... and panics.
> >
> > /boot on /dev/hda1 or (hd0,0) is ext2, / on /dev/hda3 or (hd0,2)
> >
> > Here is my menu.lst:
> >
> > default 0
> > timeout 30
> >
> > title=Initial
> > root (hd0,0)
> > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r4_initial root=/dev/hda3
> >
> > I've set up grub this way:
> > grub> root (hd0,0)
> > grub> setup (hd0)
> > grub quit
> >
> > The kernel is configured for ext2 and ext3 filesystems.
> >
> > Has anyone an Idea? I don't have further :(
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Frank
> >
>
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