Jet2k5 Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Hello, I think that I succesfully compiled my kernel in ArchLinux, but for some reason when I boot into it, it cannot bring up the root partition. This is the message I get, Kernel-Panic not syncin: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unkown-block (3,3) but the root line is the same as the kernel that I'm currently running right now, # # /etc/lilo.conf # boot=/dev/discs/disc0/disc # This line often fixes L40 errors on bootup # disk=/dev/discs/disc0/disc bios=0x80 default=Arch timeout=1000 lba32 prompt image=/boot/vmlinuz26 label=Arch root=/dev/discs/disc0/part3 read-only image=/boot/vanilla label=Pure root=/dev/discs/disc0/part3 #other=/dev/discs/disc0/part1 # label=dos #other=/dev/discs/disc0/part6 # label=Ubuntu # End of file As you can see the entries are the same exact thing, besides the name of the kernel and where the image is :P So does anyone have an Idea what can be going on? Someone said that maybe I didn't compile the option of " FileSystems " in the kernel menu?!? If so, where is this option? I have looked for it and can't find it. Thanks, -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkliberty Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Maybe you did not compile support in the kernel for the filesystem you are trying to mount? Also make sure it is not a kernel module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 did you do the; mkinitrd step, if arch uses and initrd.img? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 (edited) I got this error when I compiled a new kernel for Slackware. I discovered that I had not compiled in support for partitions created (i think it is found in filesystems and confusingly is called CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION ). I missed this out thinking I did not need MSDOS support but when I read the description it explained that it was not actually MSDOS support at all Leo Edited November 15, 2004 by Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted November 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Yeah it did have to do with the kernel not having support for the filesystem. I ended up triying to use the Nitro sources, but I found them very hard to configure. So I went with the vanilla sources and used the .config file from my arch stock kernel. Everything went well, as you can see on my signature I'm rocking them, and I like them very much. I'm finally getting the best out of my computer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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