debian on imac - compiling kernels

From: Mal Beaton (mal_at_mbeaton.id.au)
Date: 05/31/04

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    I have just been playing with installing debian on an imac computer i
    just got hold of.

    The standard installation went fine. All boots and kde works

    I decided to compile a 2.6.6 kernel to see how it would go

    I copied the old 2.4 config to the source of the 2.6.6 and did make
    oldconfig

    answered all the new questions

    After a few goes the kernel compiled and installed ok

    updated yaboot

    and rebooted
    on the 2.6.6 kernel i get the following message

    >> VFS: cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0)
    >> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable ot mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

    I have check all the block settings in the 2.6.6 config

    I have googled away found similar errors but couldnt see a solutions

    if I boot from linux.old (original) it works

    has anyone seen this or can give me some pointers of where I should be
    looking

    cheers 

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