kernel panic after booting with new kernel 2.6.11.9

[Luke Yelavich]

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On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 12:28:04PM EST, Nick Gawronski wrote:
> Hi, I have fedora core 3 and just installed a new kernel from kernel.org 
> with speakup latest cvs version.  I had the kernel configure script load in 
> my existing configuration file for my fc3 kernel to help me upgrade and 
> built speakup and dectalk express in the kernel as well ans ext2 and ext3. 
> No initrd image because none is needed.  I installed the modules then 
> editted grub.conf changing the file name to the new kernel's name but 
> removing the initrd line.  My new kernel boots just fine but them I get the 
> error Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 
> unknown -block(0,0) I have the fedora core 3 4 cd set from cheapbypes so 
> how can I fix the problem with out having to reinstall all over again?  bye

Did you make sure you included the driver for your IDE controller in the 
kernel? If not, you will need an initrd to make the kernel boot, or 
recompile the kernel with the IDE driver included.
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