This is hopefully a simple fix, but after several hours of searching it is time to ask for help.
I am simply trying to upgrade the kernel in my RedHat 9 system. Everything goes smoothly it compiles and installs ok I have the right files in the right places. So here is the problem. I add the second kernel to GRUB, but when I tell it to boot it hangs for a second, and tells me teh filesystem type is unknown and then I get error 17 can't mount partition.

here is what my grub.conf file looks like

default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
title Kernel (2.6.15.6)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15.6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.6.15.6.img

Right well its now past 2:00 a.m. so I think its time for bed. Any help is much appretiated thanks in advance

Phil

shouldn't your kernel line look like this: kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-2.6.15.6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi

Not sure as you seem to have a separate boot partition, am I right? But try the above and tell us what happens.

Here's good source for Grub errors

Right I sort of accidentally omitted a few lines when I typed my grub.conf file up here I do have the (hd0,0) line in there so thats not the problem. Anyway here is a copy/paste of the actual grub.conf file

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
title Kernel (2.6.15.6)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.15.6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.6.15.6.img

If you want help, post the real information the first time - don't type what you think it is (or should be).Read the following very carefully - then compare it to your first post.
The kernel name is obviously wrong.

Ok the time when I wrote my first post was late, and then looking at it later I realized that I made a mistake. Not only that but I admitted to the mistake and tried to remedy it. So don't take an all high and mighty postion and get on my back for it. That aside I fixed the line in my grub.conf file so it is now pointing at the right kernel, but I still get the same error when I try to boot it.

Is this a SATA disk ???.
If so you'll need the support in the kernel (or initrd) and you will probably need to remove the ide-scsi reference in the kernel reference.

nope not SATA