[ILUG] Problem booting 2.6 kernel

Bryan O'Donoghue typedef at eircom.net
Fri Oct 8 14:41:42 IST 2004


Kevin Houlihan wrote:

 > Hi all
 >
 > I've been trying to upgrade to a 2.6 kernel, but no matter how I set 
up the config, I get this error when I reboot:
 >
 > VFS: Cannot open root device "306" or unknown-block(3,6)
 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,6)



You haven't compiled in or loaded via initrd the correct driver to 
access your root filesystem?



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