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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:09:07 +1100
From: CaT <cat@zip.com.au>
To: Jagan_Pochimireddy@3com.com
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Subject: Re: kernel ver 2.4.1 VFS problem
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In-Reply-To: <882569E6.0083B746.00@hqoutbound.ops.3com.com>; from Jagan_Pochimireddy@3com.com on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:58:58PM -0800
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 03:58:58PM -0800, Jagan_Pochimireddy@3com.com wrote:
> I wamt to use the latest kernel version 2.4.1 . I taken defualt configuration
> and built bzImage. When I try to boot with this image it's giving message like
> this.
> 
> " VFS:Unable to mount root device 805 or 8:05"
> kernel panic "VFS:please append correct "root=\"
> "VFS:Unable to open root device"
> 
> Can any body help me where could be the problem

Do you have the correct SCSI driver compiled into your kernel? A friend
of mine had a similar problem and that was the solution (he thought the 
card was one thing but it was another).

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