arch boot 11/09/06 
using: current-0.7.2-20061104-i686.iso 2006-11-04
running hook filesystems  
loading root filesystem module -e   
attempting to create root device '306'
/bin/mknod "/dev/hda6" b 3 6  ext3   
Init ramfs completed - control passing to kinit   
IP-Config: no device to configure
kinit: cannot open root device hda(3,6)   
kinit: init not found   
kernel panic - not syncing   
Attempting to kill init
tried these fix's per brain0: 
in lilo: append="root=/dev/XYZ"  or rootfstype=ext3 from lilo command line  
result: same msg as above