sasa wrote: > Hi, on Fedora Core 1 with kernel version 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl. after that > I have applied a kernel patch and rebuild the new kernel, I have > modified grub.conf but when I try to make the boot with the new kernel > version I have: > > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda2" or 08:02 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:02 > > ..my grub.conf is: > > title Fedora Core () > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptlcustom ro root=/dev/sda2 hdc=ide-scsi > rhgb > initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptlcustom.img > title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi rhgb > initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img > > ..when / correspond sda2. Grub doesn't know anything about /dev/sda2. Is your custom stuff on the same drive as the normal stuff? If so, just change to root=LABEL=/.
