> > If someone with the same hardware architecture got the 2.6.8 to work, I > am interested ! > I don't think this is a hardware issue. The message tells you that can't find the root file system. Usually I used to get messages like these because of the stupid 'root=LABEL=/' command that francly has never worked with me. So what I do is replace LABEL=/ with the actuall partition name that has the root filesystem so in mine laptop it looks like: root=/dev/hda3 Then the root filesystem is magically discovered and the kernel image loads up normally.