Re: Kernel Panic Message.

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From: B.A.McCauley
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 00:00

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In article <329D786C.2F0A@ans.com.au> Richard Ashton <ashtons@ans.com.au> writes:
>I have installed Redhat 4.0 on my system and have been trying to 
>recompile a new kernel for PPP support so I can dial in to my ISP
>I have gone through all the steps (many times) and placed the 
>compressed zImage file in /boot and renamed it, added lines to
>lilo.conf and ran lilo, all ok so far! but when I reboot my system
>using the new kernel it loads about a screenful and then stops at
>the line for 'VFS'.
>The message reads, "Kernel Panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:03"
>and the machine hangs, could anyone offer me assistance with this
>problem.

Is 03:03 aka /dev/hda3 your root partition?
What filesystem format is it?
Did you include support for this format in the kernel?
Did you include support for IDE drives in the kernel?

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Subject: Re: Kernel Panic Message.
Date: 1996/11/29
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