Re: [tlug] Kernel/device/FS boot problem

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 12/04/2008, David J Iannucci <jlinux@example.com> wrote:

> I wonder if anyone here can provide a clue to get me moving in the
>  right direction on a problem I'm having.  I've got Gentoo installed on
>  my new Lenovo Thinkpad X61 tablet.  I'm trying to rebuild the kernel
>  (to latest version 2.6.24-r4), and I think I've got everything included
>  in it that should be there, but when I boot, it crashes halfway through
>  with this message:
>
>   VFS: Cannot open root device "sda6" or unknown-block(0,0)
>   Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available
>   partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs
>   on unknown-block(0,0)

Do you have SCSI compiled into the kernel?

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Cheers,
Josh