Hi, On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 15:45, W. Chris Shank wrote: > I tried to compile a custom 2.4.22 kernel - when I boot it I get a VFS > kernel panic error saying it cannot open root device LABEL=/ Sounds like you need an initrd. The kernel can't parse mount labels, but if you use an initrd the real root fs gets mounted by user space instead. --Stephen