Subj : kernel panic booting problem !
To   : comp.os.linux
From : wilson.huang
Date : Sun Aug 08 2004 07:57 pm

hello all, 

    iīm installing gentoo dist. and iīm having the following problem
when i boot:

VFS: cannot open root device "2208" or unknown block(34,8)
Please append a correct "root" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(34,8)

info:  /dev/hdg6 is my /boot on ext2
       /dev/hdg7 is my swap
       /dev/hdg8 is my root on ext3

my root boot option in lilo conf is correct, root=/dev/hdg8, my fstab
is also correct.. Iīve showed to half a dozen people.. and they all
couldnīt find out what it is.  I did compile the kernel to support
ext3 and ext2, and i didnīt do it as a module.

Someone told me i had to make an image on boot.. is that right ? how
do i do it ?


any tips on how to resolve this problem ?

tks in advance,
Wilson

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