kernel 2.6.0-test10 panic, VFS mount root failed

From: James Buchanan (jamesb.au_at_acm.org)
Date: 11/30/03

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    Hi,

    I keep getting a 2.6.0-test10 kernel panic when VFS attempts to mount
    the root filesystem.

    In my grub script I have:
    root (hd0,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test10 ro root=/dev/hda2

    which is correct for my system. The kernel then panics and tells me
    'hda2' is not good and to pass a correct boot= option to the kernel.
    The exact message doesn't mean anything to me - it doesn't say something
    like 'don't have ext3 fs compiled in.'

    My RedHat Linux 8 system boots fine on the same partition with
    boot=LABEL=/. I thought it could have been that I didn't compile ext3
    into the kernel, but after double checking, yes it's there. That's all
    I can think of, is there something else I might be missing?

    Thanks,
    James

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