> HI,
>
> I just re-compiled my kernel and I did nothing out of the ordinary, I
> compiled the neccesary filesystems but when I
> tried to boot up the system, it gave me this nasty error message:
>
> VFS cannot open root device on 03:42
> Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:42
>
> I re-compiled my kernel again, but it still gave me this message...
> please try and help me, thanks.
I had the same problem with 2.1.104: when I checked the configuration, I
found I had not included EIDE support in the kernel, but accidentally
compiled it as a module instead. My root filesystem is located on an IDE
drive.
Recompiling with EIDE support included in the kernel cured everything.
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