From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262007AbVDRJ7J (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:59:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262010AbVDRJ7J (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:59:09 -0400 Received: from mail.dif.dk ([193.138.115.101]:31433 "EHLO saerimmer.dif.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262007AbVDRJ7E (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:59:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:57:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Jesper Juhl To: S S Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernelpanic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block In-Reply-To: <20050418005525.7250.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20050418005525.7250.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, S S wrote: > I compiled linux kernel 2.6.11.7 on RHEL and while > rebooting I get this > error message - > > Cannot open root device /SCSIGroup00/SCSIVol000 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernelpanic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root > fs on > unknown-block 0,0 > > This root entry in grub .conf is identical to kernel > image entry 2.6.9 which boots fine. However 2.6.11.7 > compiled kernel does not find > /dev//SCSIGroup00/SCSIVol000 > > Could anyone please suggest what could be going wrong. > Perhaps you forgot to build in support for your SCSI controller? That could explain it. Or maybe you forgot to include support for the filesystem used on the / partition? That could also explain it. -- Jesper Juhl