[Tfug] kernel issues 2.6.15

[ken]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 08:07 -0700, Robert Hunter wrote:
> On 2/24/06, ken <kfancher at nerdshack.com> wrote:
> > im trying to run 2.6.15 have grub setup to boot it with root=/dev/hda3
> > and ext3 is built into the kernel this is what i get when i try to load
> > it vfs cannont 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)
> >
> > this is my menu.lst config for that particular kernel
> > title           Debian 2.6.15
> > root            (hd0,2)
> > kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15 root=/dev/hda3 ro
> > its debian sarge i have 1 partition for / and that covers everything
> > anyone have any ideas of why its asking for a correct root=option to me
> > it seems ive covered all the bases
> >
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> How exactly is your disk partitioned? What do you mean that you have
> one partition that covers everything?  If you have only one partition
> on the disk then root might need to point to /dev/hda1.  Also, what
> type of device is the disk?  For example, SATA disks show as /dev/sd*,
> so this is another possibility.
> 
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> Rob
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i fixed it its /dev/hda1 windows /dev/hda2 swap /dev/hda3
debian /dev/hda4 fedora(curretntly anyways) i thought that i had built
my ide chipset support in but i had it set as module we'll see if this
works