boot problem

a1ora0 · 10-12-2007, 01:00 AM

hi..

i've installed slack 11... had been using it from about 1 week.

now am not able to boot it properly..i get this message which i dont understand.

vfs:cannot open root device "307" or 03:07. please append a correct "root="
boot option
kernel panic :
vfs:unable to mount root fs on 03:07.

Simon Bridge · 10-12-2007, 01:46 AM

Sounds like your drive is breaking... unless you've added a new drive recently?

Did you follow advise and check the "root=" in your bootloader's configuration file? Unless it's a label, I doubt "307" is a valid device.

dilandach · 10-12-2007, 01:50 AM

Make sure that you've got the correct drivers and modules in your kernel install for your harddrive. If its a sata drive you need the some of the scsi parts put into the kernel.

If you dont, you'll get the exact problem you've described.

arubin · 10-15-2007, 02:32 AM

You really need to provide more information.

Was it booting Ok and then stopped booting?

If answer to this is yes ; did you do anything which might have broken things?

What kernel are you using?

Are you using initrd?

What is your partition set up?

Alien_Hominid · 10-15-2007, 02:37 AM

I think he recompiled kernel and didn't change lilo.conf (or made some mistakes when changing). But please post more info.