[AuckLUG] ROOT dev trouble.

[Stig Hornuff]

Yep!

I missed creating (and loading) proper initrd file, which must contain 
the ata-piix module to access SATA properly.

BTW: If you have the option to switch to grub, you'll probably be able 
to handle it easier configurationwise.

/S

Daniel Mason wrote:

>I get this error message.
>
>VFS: cannot open root device "803" or Unknown-block(8,3)
>Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available
>partitions:
>0300      4194302 hda driver:  ide-cdrom
>Kernel Panic - not syncing : VFS; Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block
>(8,3)
>
>I have tried editing the lilo config, nothing works so far.
>
>Root=/dev/sda3  ( which is the correct root dev )
>I have a feeling that the correct SATA module hasnt been installed. but
>still having no luck finding that.
>Has anyone run into this trouble before ??
>
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