On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 10:23, d l wrote: <snip> > VFS: Cannot open device "LABEL=/" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root"= boot option. > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > unknown-block(0,0) > > Changing grub.conf line: > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.1 amp=realmode-power-off ro > root=LABEL=/ rhgb > > to: > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.1 amp=realmode-power-off ro > root=/dev/hdc1 rhgb > > doesnt go very far either; system is stuck again when it > tries to mount other partitions/disk. > That's not the 'root' entry it's referring to. On my RH8 box I have this: title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-28.8) root (hd0,5) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-28.8 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-28.8.img Try adding root (hd2,1) to your grub.conf and see if that helps. You can do a bit of experimenting by just editing this entry from grub if it still fails (press 'e' after grub has loaded). Cheers, -- Tarjei