VFS: Cannot open root device "802" or unknown-block(8,2) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,2) ====== Lilo.conf ===== [root@localhost dan]# cat /etc/lilo.conf # File generated by DrakX/drakboot # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file default="Mandriva" boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/uk.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk label="2612-12" root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.12-12mdk.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb5 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/vmlinuz label="Mandriva" root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb5 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-22mdk label="2612-22" root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.12-22mdk.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb5 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/gentoo label="Gentoo" read-only ====== Mandriva Fstab ========== [root@localhost dan]# cat /etc/fstab # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0022,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0022,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat umask=0022,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/Cleverstuff vfat users 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom1 auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,utf8,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-15,managed 0 0 ====== Gentoo Fstab ========== [root@localhost dan]# cat /mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't # needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage # efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to # switch between notail / tail freely. # # The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1. # All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1. # # See the manpage fstab(5) for more information. # # # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hdb1 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda2 / ext3 noatime 1 1 /dev/hdb5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 #/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 ====== fdisk -l ======= [root@localhost dan]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 40.9 GB, 40982151168 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4982 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 3313 26611641 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda2 3314 4982 13406242+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 3833 30788541 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 3834 10011 49624785 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb5 3834 3973 1124518+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hdb6 3974 10011 48500203+ 83 Linux