kernel compiled successful but still more

[jack mendez]

		okay so  here was the deal
i did the horrid process of going through config
i still had problems so then i looked a lot closer at the error messages i
got from the make modules process.
i turns out that apparently pcmcia and wan stuff is broken in 2.4.20
so after i disabled pcmcia, wan and wireless just for the hell of it, it
finally compiled properly
so i installed the kernel
i get through boot and the synth starts to talk and it says the following.
kernel panic: VFS unable to mount r: oot FS on 03:01
any ideas?