> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Jia [mailto:hjia@zeno.math.fsu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 6:52 PM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: kernel-2.2.0
>
> I downloded and compiled the new linux kernel v2.2.0 successfully. But
> when I reboot my machine with the new kenel (on a flopy disk,
> generated by
> make zdisk command), the booting process stops at the
> following message:
>
> kernel panic: VFS: Could nor mount root fs...
You should have posted a bit more of the dialog really, but I suspect that
you have forgotten to compile in the correct drivers to handle the device
that your root FS is living on.
Try compiling the kernel again and make sure you use the drivers required
to mount your hardware.
Tris.
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