Subj : Re: kernel panic booting problem !
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Larry I Smith
Date : Mon Aug 09 2004 03:04 am

wilson.huang@gmail.com wrote:
> 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

You have 7 IDE hard drives (hda thru hdg)??

Larry

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