The Saga continues

[Nick Oleksinski]

Hi Again:
Well, in my ongoing struggle to try & get my kernel to work with my
ethernet card I built the kernel version 2.2.18 up from 2.2.13.  What's
unfortunate is that my system won't boot now- it gives me the following
message:

VFS: Cannot open root device 21:07
kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 21:07

I assume this means that linux isn't recognizing my hard drive (Quantum
Fireball KX27.4AT).  This drive supports Ultra-ATA 66 (66.4 Mbps burst)
but Quantum's website also claims 100% backward compatibility with the
IDE/ATA standard(s).  I'm almost positive that I've got that support
built in to the kernel (modules not used).  I remember having similar
trouble installing Linux the first time using RedHat 6.1; SuSE 6.3
worked, however.  The error messages were different as I recall when
trying RedHat.

Anyone seen this before?  Is it significant that the hard drive can read
the kernel but can't mount the root fs?
Sorry to be such a bother to everyone but it's all your fault- you guys
answer my questions!
Thanks
-Nick Oleksinski
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